From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm)
Cc: steventamm@mac.com, rms@gnu.org, klaus.berndl@sdm.de,
lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se, emacs-devel@gnu.org,
list@dhruva.fastmail.fm
Subject: Re: Emacs Installer for MS Windows
Date: 26 Aug 2004 09:04:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3hdqqqt14.fsf@kfs-l.imdomain.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <x5acwiq0px.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>
David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:
> Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > > First of all, they're both GNU Emacs. XEmacs is just as much a later
> > > version of GNU Emacs as the FSF-distributed version.
> > >
> > > It isn't a later version, it it is a fork.
> >
> > "as much a later version as" is pretty much the same as "fork".
> >
> > I misread it until now. Now I agree, it is correct, but since it is
> > hard to read, clearer wording would be good.
>
> How about: XEmacs is a descendant of the same GNU Emacs source code
> from which the FSF-distributed version is derived.
Not much clearer imo.
What about:
Emacs and XEmacs both descend from the same code base, but development
of the two separated many years ago.
--
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> http://www.cua.dk
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Thread overview: 94+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-08-24 7:04 Emacs Installer for MS Windows Berndl, Klaus
2004-08-24 17:35 ` Steven Tamm
2004-08-24 18:08 ` David Kastrup
2004-08-24 21:20 ` Steven Tamm
2004-08-24 21:35 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-08-25 1:02 ` Steven Tamm
2004-08-25 2:38 ` Stefan
2004-08-25 4:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-08-25 7:48 ` David Kastrup
2004-08-24 21:55 ` David Kastrup
2004-08-25 0:14 ` Lennart Borgman
2004-08-25 0:24 ` David Kastrup
2004-08-25 4:41 ` Richard Stallman
2004-08-25 7:56 ` David Kastrup
2004-08-25 22:40 ` Richard Stallman
2004-08-25 23:03 ` David Kastrup
2004-08-26 7:04 ` Kim F. Storm [this message]
2004-08-26 7:56 ` David Kastrup
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2004-08-04 21:42 Robert Anderson
2004-08-02 22:17 Lennart Borgman
2004-08-03 4:41 ` Dhruva Krishnamurthy
2004-08-04 20:37 ` Peter 'Luna' Runestig
2004-08-04 20:55 ` David Kastrup
2004-08-05 6:51 ` Peter 'Luna' Runestig
2004-08-05 6:55 ` Peter 'Luna' Runestig
2004-08-05 7:26 ` David Kastrup
2004-08-05 8:18 ` Dhruva Krishnamurthy
2004-08-05 14:27 ` Lennart Borgman
2004-08-06 4:17 ` Dhruva Krishnamurthy
2004-08-06 13:43 ` Richard Stallman
2004-08-06 13:56 ` David Kastrup
2004-08-06 17:07 ` Peter 'Luna' Runestig
2004-08-27 21:26 ` Peter 'Luna' Runestig
2004-08-06 15:39 ` Frank Schmitt
2004-08-07 16:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-08-23 19:21 ` Lennart Borgman
2004-08-23 19:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-08-24 18:13 ` Lennart Borgman
2004-08-24 18:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-08-24 19:31 ` Lennart Borgman
2004-08-24 19:58 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-08-25 0:06 ` Lennart Borgman
2004-08-25 2:51 ` Stefan
2004-08-26 18:27 ` Lennart Borgman
2004-08-26 18:35 ` David Kastrup
2004-08-26 21:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-08-26 21:41 ` Lennart Borgman
2004-08-25 4:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-08-25 7:09 ` Peter 'Luna' Runestig
2004-08-25 16:01 ` Lennart Borgman
2004-08-25 18:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-08-26 15:17 ` Vinicius Jose Latorre
2004-08-26 16:09 ` Lennart Borgman
2004-08-26 16:21 ` Vinicius Jose Latorre
2004-08-26 18:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-08-26 16:29 ` Gian Uberto Lauri
2004-08-26 16:58 ` Lennart Borgman
2004-08-26 17:40 ` Vinicius Jose Latorre
2004-08-26 18:38 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-08-27 6:52 ` Gian Uberto Lauri
2004-08-26 18:42 ` Lennart Borgman
2004-08-26 19:41 ` Benjamin Riefenstahl
2004-08-26 22:17 ` Lennart Borgman
2004-08-27 9:22 ` Benjamin Riefenstahl
2004-08-27 13:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-08-27 13:38 ` Benjamin Riefenstahl
2004-08-27 15:08 ` Lennart Borgman
2004-08-27 15:24 ` Gian Uberto Lauri
2004-08-27 15:42 ` Benjamin Riefenstahl
2004-08-28 1:36 ` Richard Stallman
2004-08-27 15:16 ` Lennart Borgman
2004-08-27 15:47 ` David Kastrup
2004-08-28 1:36 ` Richard Stallman
2004-08-27 15:44 ` Lennart Borgman
2004-08-27 16:14 ` Lennart Borgman
2004-08-26 15:51 ` Vinicius Jose Latorre
2004-08-26 16:52 ` Lennart Borgman
2004-08-26 19:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-08-26 19:49 ` Benjamin Riefenstahl
2004-08-23 19:59 ` David Kastrup
2004-08-24 5:37 ` Dhruva Krishnamurthy
2004-08-24 16:33 ` Benjamin Riefenstahl
2004-08-24 21:02 ` Richard Stallman
2004-08-24 21:09 ` David Kastrup
2004-08-25 4:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-08-25 16:21 ` Lennart Borgman
2004-08-25 18:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-08-25 4:41 ` Richard Stallman
2004-08-05 11:18 ` Paul Pogonyshev
2004-08-05 15:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-08-04 21:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-08-04 22:12 ` Lennart Borgman
2004-08-05 2:05 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2004-08-05 2:40 ` David Kastrup
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