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From: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com>
To: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: colinetnathan98@gmail.com, andreas.roehler@online.de,
	emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Making Emacs popular again with a video
Date: Thu, 14 May 2020 12:22:21 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <VI1PR06MB4526EA21958E8A736DADF55496BC0@VI1PR06MB4526.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1jZ6Ca-0007Jq-SY@fencepost.gnu.org> (Richard Stallman's message of "Thu, 14 May 2020 01:14:36 -0400")

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

> [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
> [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
> [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]
>
>   > By the way, I probably wouldn't try to identify Emacs as just a text
>   > editor longer. Personally I see Emacs as en extensible platform,
>
> I designed Emacs to be a text editor.
>
> I am disappointed that people extend Emacs ONLY to do other unrelated
> jobs while NOT extending the kinds of text editing it will do.
Why would you be dissapointed by that? Isn't it great that people make
stuff you haven't thought of with it?

People are extending Emacs for text editing as well, but it already is
quite competent as a text editor. Good job!



  reply	other threads:[~2020-05-14 10:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 281+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-05-08  8:26 Making Emacs popular again with a video Nathan Colinet
2020-05-08 10:39 ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-10 20:48   ` Nathan Colinet
2020-05-08 10:41 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-10 16:18   ` Nathan Colinet
2020-05-08 11:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-10 20:32   ` Nathan Colinet
2020-05-11 22:59     ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-09  7:50 ` Andreas Röhler
2020-05-10 20:57   ` Nathan Colinet
2020-05-12  3:12     ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-12  7:04       ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-12 13:59         ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-12 14:47           ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-12 16:08           ` Drew Adams
2020-05-13  4:01         ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-13  8:49           ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-14  5:14             ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-14 10:22               ` Arthur Miller [this message]
2020-05-14 10:55               ` Robert Pluim
2020-05-15  3:25                 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-15  7:55                   ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-15 10:11                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-15 10:43                       ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-15 11:23                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-15 19:15                     ` H. Dieter Wilhelm
2020-05-15 18:41                   ` H. Dieter Wilhelm
2020-05-22 19:09                   ` Ben McGinnes
     [not found]                     ` <E1jcLVP-0003SB-II@fencepost.gnu.org>
2020-05-24 19:16                       ` Ben McGinnes
2020-05-14 14:13               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-14  7:38             ` Tim Cross
2020-05-14  7:51               ` Andreas Röhler
2020-05-14 14:18               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-14 15:36                 ` Tim Cross
2020-05-13 10:43           ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-12  8:23       ` Andreas Röhler
2020-05-13  3:55         ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-13  8:18           ` Andreas Röhler
2020-05-13 10:53           ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-13 16:20             ` Drew Adams
2020-05-14  2:18             ` (emacs) Intro [was: Making Emacs popular again with a video] excalamus--- via Emacs development discussions.
2020-05-14 12:04               ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-14 21:31                 ` excalamus--- via Emacs development discussions.
2020-05-15  0:46                   ` Dmitry Gutov
     [not found]                   ` <d28fe30d-c192-8022-b758-d8b7019e49b5@yandex.ru-M7KnL6R----2>
2020-05-17 19:11                     ` excalamus--- via Emacs development discussions.
2020-05-19 14:14                       ` excalamus--- via Emacs development discussions.
     [not found]                         ` <d66793e5-07f9-4dd9-928d-e7e8c342b781@default>
     [not found]                           ` <M7iByNw--3-2@tutanota.com>
2020-05-21 18:18                             ` excalamus--- via Emacs development discussions.
     [not found]                             ` <M7sSK-m--3-2@tutanota.com-M7sSUVm--3-2>
2020-05-28  1:21                               ` excalamus--- via Emacs development discussions.
2020-05-28  7:08                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-28  7:41                                   ` Andreas Röhler
2020-05-28 10:23                                 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-29  2:39                                   ` excalamus--- via Emacs development discussions.
2020-05-29  7:28                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-29  7:40                                     ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-29 15:14                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-30  1:39                                       ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-14 22:14                 ` Karl Fogel
2020-05-15  3:17               ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-15  6:36               ` Andreas Röhler
2020-05-12 12:57       ` GNU Emacs raison d'etre excalamus--- via Emacs development discussions.
2020-05-13 16:18         ` Karl Fogel
2020-05-13 16:28           ` Drew Adams
2020-05-13 19:39           ` Andreas Röhler
2020-05-13 20:05             ` Karl Fogel
2020-05-13 20:52               ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-13 22:04                 ` Karl Fogel
2020-05-13 22:55                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-14  4:56                     ` Karl Fogel
2020-05-14 16:37                       ` Drew Adams
2020-05-14 22:11                       ` excalamus--- via Emacs development discussions.
2020-05-15  3:16                       ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-15 21:42                         ` Karl Fogel
2020-05-15 22:14                           ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-16  0:03                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-15 22:41                           ` Drew Adams
2020-05-20 21:47                             ` Karl Fogel
2020-05-20 22:35                               ` Drew Adams
2020-05-21  0:35                                 ` Karl Fogel
2020-05-16  2:43                           ` Eduardo Ochs
2020-05-18  3:46                             ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-18 11:26                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-16  8:05                           ` Yuri Khan
2020-05-16 10:36                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-16 10:46                               ` Yuri Khan
2020-05-17  1:28                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-17  1:39                         ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-17  1:40                         ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-17  1:59                         ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2020-05-17  2:52                           ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-17  9:32                             ` Joost Kremers
2020-05-17 11:07                             ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-18  3:43                           ` transient Richard Stallman
2020-05-18  6:58                             ` transient Joost Kremers
2020-05-18 11:29                               ` transient Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-18 18:41                               ` transient Howard Melman
2020-05-18 19:35                                 ` transient John Yates
2020-05-18 19:57                                   ` transient Howard Melman
2020-05-19  5:38                                 ` transient Drew Adams
2020-05-19 14:00                                   ` transient Arthur Miller
2020-05-20  3:14                                     ` transient Michael Heerdegen
2020-05-19 22:04                                   ` transient Stefan Kangas
2020-05-19 22:53                                     ` transient Drew Adams
2020-05-19  4:02                               ` which-key Richard Stallman
2020-05-17  7:09                         ` GNU Emacs raison d'etre Drew Adams
2020-05-20 21:36                           ` Karl Fogel
2020-05-20 21:57                             ` Drew Adams
2020-05-20 22:00                         ` Karl Fogel
2020-05-20 22:07                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-21  8:03                             ` tomas
2020-05-21  9:33                               ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-21 10:04                                 ` tomas
2020-05-24 14:05                                   ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-21 16:20                                 ` xristos
2020-05-24 13:45                                   ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-24 16:52                                     ` xristos
2020-05-24 17:00                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-24 18:31                                     ` Philip K.
2020-05-25 17:34                                   ` João Távora
2020-05-26  4:14                                     ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-26 11:32                                       ` João Távora
2020-05-27  3:08                                         ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-27  5:01                                           ` Drew Adams
2020-05-29 12:59                                           ` Arthur Miller
2020-06-23  3:59                                             ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-21 17:07                               ` Karl Fogel
2020-05-23 20:36                                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-14  6:26                   ` tomas
2020-05-14  6:16               ` Andreas Röhler
2020-05-15  3:18               ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-16  0:56                 ` Tak Kunihiro
2020-05-16  6:50                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-16  9:10                     ` Sergey Organov
2020-05-16 10:38                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-16 12:24                         ` Sergey Organov
2020-05-16 12:29                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-16 12:34                             ` Sergey Organov
2020-05-16 12:46                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-16 13:57                                 ` Sergey Organov
2020-05-16 19:35                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-16 20:05                                     ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-16 20:34                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-16 20:44                                       ` Bob Newell
2020-06-24 15:37                                         ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-05-16 23:12                                       ` Drew Adams
2020-05-16 23:18                                         ` Drew Adams
2020-05-16 23:47                                         ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-17  1:14                                           ` Drew Adams
2020-05-17  3:13                                             ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-17  6:49                                               ` Drew Adams
2020-05-17  7:02                                                 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2020-05-17  7:11                                                   ` Drew Adams
2020-05-17  9:07                                                     ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2020-05-17 10:20                                                       ` Marcin Borkowski
2020-05-17 11:07                                                         ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2020-05-17 15:25                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-17 15:48                                                         ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2020-05-17 17:06                                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-17 17:31                                                             ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-17 18:57                                                               ` Drew Adams
2020-05-17 20:03                                                                 ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-18  8:32                                                                 ` martin rudalics
2020-05-18 11:39                                                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-18 13:02                                                                     ` martin rudalics
2020-05-18 13:38                                                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-18 16:31                                                                         ` Robert Pluim
2020-05-18 23:14                                                                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-19  8:41                                                                             ` martin rudalics
2020-05-20  1:01                                                                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-20  9:06                                                                                 ` martin rudalics
2020-05-21  0:15                                                                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-21  9:07                                                                                     ` martin rudalics
2020-05-21 23:16                                                                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-22  9:31                                                                                         ` martin rudalics
2020-05-25  2:37                                                                                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-26  8:06                                                                                             ` martin rudalics
2020-06-05  2:40                                                                                               ` pop-up-mini-mode, was " Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-19  8:40                                                                     ` martin rudalics
2020-05-20  0:40                                                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-20  9:04                                                                         ` martin rudalics
2020-05-20 13:28                                                                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-20 14:45                                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-20 14:56                                                                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-20 16:12                                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-20 17:45                                                                                 ` martin rudalics
2020-05-20 18:09                                                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-20 18:16                                                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-20 18:24                                                                                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-20 18:33                                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-20 18:56                                                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-20 19:22                                                                                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-20 19:53                                                                                             ` tomas
2020-05-20 21:22                                                                                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-21  7:43                                                                                                 ` tomas
2020-05-21  2:28                                                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-21 22:19                                                                                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-22  7:28                                                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-22 12:16                                                                                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-20 23:07                                                                                           ` martin rudalics
2020-05-21 13:11                                                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-21 17:55                                                                                               ` martin rudalics
2020-05-18 15:57                                                                   ` Drew Adams
2020-05-19  8:41                                                                     ` martin rudalics
2020-05-21 18:19                                                                   ` Suppressing beginning/end-of-buffer error messages (WAS: GNU Emacs raison d'etre) Noam Postavsky
2020-05-22  9:30                                                                     ` martin rudalics
2020-05-22 12:46                                                                       ` Noam Postavsky
     [not found]                                                                         ` <11bfe86b-131c-4f55-5125-c269a73e360d@gmx.at>
2020-05-23 11:10                                                                           ` Noam Postavsky
2020-05-17 18:36                                                             ` GNU Emacs raison d'etre Drew Adams
2020-05-17 21:04                                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-17 21:48                                                                 ` Drew Adams
2020-05-17 18:38                                                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-17 21:17                                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-17 21:37                                                                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-18  8:33                                                                   ` martin rudalics
2020-05-18 11:37                                                                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-17 21:57                                                                 ` Drew Adams
2020-05-17 18:28                                                           ` Drew Adams
2020-05-17 17:59                                                       ` Drew Adams
2020-05-17 18:07                                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-17  7:54                                                   ` Sergey Organov
2020-05-17 11:37                                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-17 18:11                                               ` Drew Adams
2020-05-16 23:01                                     ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-17  2:55                       ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-28  4:12                 ` Karl Fogel
2020-05-28  5:51                   ` Eduardo Ochs
2020-05-28  6:13                   ` Drew Adams
2020-05-28 14:12                     ` excalamus--- via Emacs development discussions.
2020-05-28 14:42                       ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2020-05-28 16:34                         ` Drew Adams
2020-05-29 14:44                           ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2020-05-28 15:00                       ` Philip K.
2020-05-28 15:13                         ` João Távora
2020-05-28 16:04                         ` T.V Raman
     [not found]                         ` <p914ks0kpui.fsf@google.com-M8R14r9----2>
2020-05-28 16:12                           ` excalamus--- via Emacs development discussions.
2020-05-28 16:46                             ` T.V Raman
2020-05-28 17:34                               ` Karl Fogel
2020-05-28 18:11                               ` andres.ramirez
     [not found]                               ` <877dwwezfr.fsf@red-bean.com-M8RLd3p--3-2>
2020-05-28 18:28                                 ` excalamus--- via Emacs development discussions.
2020-05-29  1:12                                   ` Karl Fogel
2020-05-30  1:44                         ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-30  2:02                           ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2020-05-30  9:13                             ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-30 16:43                           ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-05-31  7:07                             ` Richard Stallman
2020-06-08 17:37                               ` REmacs was " T.V Raman
2020-06-01  7:29                             ` Meaning behind Control-G Lars Brinkhoff
2020-06-01  7:56                               ` Lars Brinkhoff
2020-06-01  9:06                                 ` Lars Brinkhoff
2020-06-01 13:44                               ` Stefan Monnier
2020-06-02  1:51                                 ` Paul Eggert
2020-06-02  5:58                                   ` Lars Brinkhoff
2020-06-02 13:50                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2020-06-02 15:38                                     ` Drew Adams
2020-06-02 11:46                                   ` John Yates
2020-07-10 12:13                           ` GNU Emacs raison d'etre Lars Brinkhoff
2020-07-10 14:28                             ` Drew Adams
2020-07-11  2:16                             ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-28 16:41                       ` FW: " Drew Adams
2020-05-28 17:37                       ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-28 20:33                         ` Perry E. Metzger
2020-05-28 23:44                           ` T.V Raman
2020-05-29  3:04                   ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-13 19:46           ` T.V Raman
2020-05-13 21:00           ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-13 21:02           ` excalamus--- via Emacs development discussions.
2020-05-13 22:22           ` H. Dieter Wilhelm
2020-05-14  4:20             ` Karl Fogel
2020-05-14  0:04           ` John Wiegley
2020-05-14  5:08           ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-14 20:29             ` Karl Fogel
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2020-05-08 10:58 Making Emacs popular again with a video ndame
2020-05-08 11:32 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-09 13:28   ` Alan Third
2020-05-09 15:12     ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-09 19:53     ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-14 17:11 ndame
2020-05-14 17:48 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-14 19:28   ` Drew Adams
2020-05-15  3:11   ` Tim Cross
2020-05-15  3:20   ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-14 22:05 ` T.V Raman

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