From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs as a desktop environment Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 00:27:47 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87aaebbndz.fsf@lifelogs.com> <09EEF7C6-A715-412D-ABE7-022681CD2E85@raeburn.org> <868vtufuo0.fsf@gmail.com> <87vcwyjukr.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1306362498 20840 80.91.229.12 (25 May 2011 22:28:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 22:28:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 26 00:28:14 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QPMYn-0007Ka-2F for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 May 2011 00:28:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43497 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QPMYm-0000tV-M8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 May 2011 18:28:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:56937) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QPMYk-0000tB-E6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 May 2011 18:28:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QPMYj-0002lS-Gn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 May 2011 18:28:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ey0-f169.google.com ([209.85.215.169]:33978) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QPMYi-0002i9-F1; Wed, 25 May 2011 18:28:08 -0400 Original-Received: by eyd9 with SMTP id 9so115339eyd.0 for ; Wed, 25 May 2011 15:28:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=f4tkft9opP/krijOt/2ZzDCnFxYXrrU7FPZo0hMt0Xc=; b=e47WgVKPVJeBc0a8QbFA/I7uQeh9PQCqxGleN7QkH3r65IRQLDVxEEpsE8e/6LRK7l icmosnf4tthjrM2irbPj82RI0oSdZETfRErD9e+pKDjPCDA6bB/5l7df1qXpNZs7en6o xxIjR7iaNVpJD8kUaPbbdU8Bhexz8r5gLJf68= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=l/RghoynZN8TQusV9ib9eT57GiC1mJIvuvcJcuHdZMuMShWVlTdmxJhmfnk13T5NWr cdw0Tf3HgnlB+/dfSFSBy6yi9CcirbhVs1W1L3WpFdkWpoEHhm6kj3ovcS9ghux1cna2 a0qczjEv8vcCFFWiAMNx1ns4n6ML07XjKcDoM= Original-Received: by 10.213.106.200 with SMTP id y8mr68978ebo.67.1306362487202; Wed, 25 May 2011 15:28:07 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.213.7.6 with HTTP; Wed, 25 May 2011 15:27:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87vcwyjukr.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 209.85.215.169 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:139711 Archived-At: On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 12:15 AM, David Kastrup wrote: > Lennart Borgman writes: > >> Would not a lot more people gain from a better Gnome than from a >> better Emacs desktop? > > A lot more people would gain from a better Thunderbird than from a > better Emacs desktop. > > Let them improve it for all I care. =C2=A0I'll still not use it rather th= an > Emacs for dealing with my mail. =C2=A0Why should Emacs developers bother > about Gnome? Because developers time is a scarce resource.