From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:35:04 +0300 Message-ID: References: <91bb3e347d5caed9487a2cd8e6d0db04@condition-alpha.com> <4deb019b-8034-4f18-9bd6-98424a0f09ee@default> <916af7e9-961b-44e5-ab11-0f128f52a8fe@default> <39133459-6582-4772-b2bf-03eb123cb22b@default> <20200928220307.GD18207@protected.rcdrun.com> <83ft71l3cf.fsf@gnu.org> <20200929041613.GH18207@protected.rcdrun.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="39115"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android Cc: alexander.adolf@condition-alpha.com, rms@gnu.org, drew.adams@oracle.com To: emacs-devel@gnu.org,Jean Louis Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 29 07:36:00 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kN8Ix-000A2G-26 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 29 Sep 2020 07:35:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37664 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kN8Iw-0006l1-58 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 29 Sep 2020 01:35:58 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:59246) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kN8IS-0006GC-Vq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Sep 2020 01:35:28 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:60134) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kN8IS-0002td-CZ; Tue, 29 Sep 2020 01:35:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [2a02:14f:1fe:f8df::9b1b:6319] (port=56970) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1kN8I8-0006UY-JW; Tue, 29 Sep 2020 01:35:09 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20200929041613.GH18207@protected.rcdrun.com> X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:256668 Archived-At: On September 29, 2020 7:16:13 AM GMT+03:00, Jean Louis = wrote: > * Eli Zaretskii [2020-09-29 05:33]: > > > Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 01:03:07 +0300 > > > From: Jean Louis > > > Cc: alexander=2Eadolf@condition-alpha=2Ecom, Drew Adams > , > > > emacs-devel@gnu=2Eorg > > >=20 > > > > > No, it does not assert that=2E > > > >=20 > > > > > Verb: conflate kun'fleyt > > > >=20 > > > > > Add together different elements > > > > > "The colours conflate well"; > > > > > - blend, flux, mix, commingle, immix, fuse, > > > > > coalesce, meld, combine, merge > > > >=20 > > > > I am surprised=2E The only meaning I have ever seen > > > > is to mistakenly identify things that are different=2E > > > > If that is not what you meant, then I apologize for the mistake=2E > > >=20 > > > That is why, there shall be function in Emacs to look up words in > > > dictionaries=2E > >=20 > > You are suggesting that we have "conflate" in our Glossary? >=20 > I suggest that there shall be visible, exposed function to lookup > words in dictionaries=2E That could be a useful new feature, but it is a tangent in the context of = this discussion=2E Btw, we have a similar functionality built in: try "M-s M-w" after marking= a word or a phrase=2E