From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Menu again. Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 23:52:32 +0200 Message-ID: References: <200503241500.j2OF08727332@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1112047821 5984 80.91.229.2 (28 Mar 2005 22:10:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 22:10:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: teirllm@dms.auburn.edu, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 29 00:10:16 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DG2QD-0007Ys-JN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:09:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DG2Rz-0005l3-DE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:11:11 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DG2RM-0005cu-Av for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:10:32 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DG2RB-0005W5-SI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:10:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DG2RB-0005Vh-Pd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:10:21 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.235] (helo=pfepa.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DG29a-0008KR-0p; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 16:52:10 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (0x503e2644.bynxx3.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk [80.62.38.68]) by pfepa.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id B534F47FE9F; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 23:52:06 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: David Kastrup In-Reply-To: (David Kastrup's message of "Sat, 26 Mar 2005 11:57:53 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:35271 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:35271 David Kastrup writes: > Richard Stallman writes: > >> I made the decision to keep the Hide/Show menu as it is >> and put the new option at top level. > > That was when we didn't have a command line option to turn off cursor > blinking. And because that decision was based on bogus "evidence" resulting from a completely hoaxed google search for "blinking cursor". > >> I am disappointed that people started arguing about it again. > > Whatever. That's why there was a proposal to poll instead of arguing. Probably because there was no real argument before the decision. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk