From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Wiegley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: ASCII-only startup message? Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 08:49:22 -0800 Message-ID: References: <567ECD8C.1070408@cs.ucla.edu> <8360zlhy7x.fsf@gnu.org> <567EE043.9020109@cs.ucla.edu> <83y4chgh5q.fsf@gnu.org> <567EED47.1090700@cs.ucla.edu> <83si2pgci8.fsf@gnu.org> <567F22B1.9040702@cs.ucla.edu> <83poxsh7xv.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1451408172 14800 80.91.229.3 (29 Dec 2015 16:56:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 16:56:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Random832 Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 29 17:56:07 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aDxZ7-0001pG-Pf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Dec 2015 17:56:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49244 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aDxZ7-0002vg-4L for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Dec 2015 11:56:05 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37727) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aDxYp-0002vV-FG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Dec 2015 11:55:48 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aDxYl-0000VE-ES for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Dec 2015 11:55:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pf0-x22c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c00::22c]:35681) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aDxYl-0000VA-8Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Dec 2015 11:55:43 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-pf0-x22c.google.com with SMTP id 78so129247896pfw.2 for ; Tue, 29 Dec 2015 08:55:43 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:date:message-id:references :user-agent:mail-followup-to:mime-version:content-type; bh=VPbb3qwcOQfKfBkS1dYKuIkeEWfhU8r2zQy7CZzkFw4=; b=Cp9GkTmmMJ/ZXFxBFBzeopYkvCQw8kN0JQpOH6WDeeY30PYFjk8Q9SHvBFoeukJTvB l4l/Lu2rcoeM1eZWEF4M4b/9f/OZNHy5k9ZLfjxE43YmniDUA6wHSUgcf8IuVHmr3l3K ESZdUXVMhJc4FUEKQK19b8XJbgcEGOXqin3WktP0QNy1TVSklsBKmDLyx/ppcf5PW9xF F8C9g8UAaAVuwlNT21X4BwNn3uxtlTjqoSC5yyMhV2x/LN+q3YA8gpmQlXa4EXTXyLFp f0mWzY8SgzUx5ZzPSbMv2kQxVSY6dxPOv4VhP4dNNwNoggEbmTMl/iVbPQe4fRjc3ZTk HnGg== X-Received: by 10.98.16.83 with SMTP id y80mr12768358pfi.150.1451408142598; Tue, 29 Dec 2015 08:55:42 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from Vulcan.local (76-234-68-79.lightspeed.frokca.sbcglobal.net. [76.234.68.79]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id tb8sm89330588pab.22.2015.12.29.08.55.41 (version=TLS1 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 29 Dec 2015 08:55:41 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Original-From: "John Wiegley" Original-Received: by Vulcan.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id DD9CA11B7E90D; Tue, 29 Dec 2015 08:55:40 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Random's message of "Tue, 29 Dec 2015 15:05:59 +0000 (UTC)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130014 (Ma Gnus v0.14) Emacs/24.5 (darwin) Mail-Followup-To: Random832 , emacs-devel@gnu.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c00::22c 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:197096 Archived-At: >>>>> Random832 writes: > What does `This' actually look like to you? Please post a screenshot. Or > don't, because I can guess; I'm just emphasizing the importance of > considering that these characters don't look the same to everyone. In printed text, it looks horrible. But in *Help* documentation, it actually emphasizes to me that a symbol name is being indicated, rather than a normal word that's being single-quoted. That's why I like it; aesthetics have nothing to do with my preference. -- John Wiegley GPG fingerprint = 4710 CF98 AF9B 327B B80F http://newartisans.com 60E1 46C4 BD1A 7AC1 4BA2