From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jambunathan K Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Size of Gnus and Emacs Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 09:04:52 +0530 Message-ID: <87a9gzrbj7.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87ob5k1a9q.fsf__48304.1452513591$1384626024$gmane$org@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> <87bo1jjg1w.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> <87mwl11hry.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> <87r4adywhk.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> <87eh6cyqed.fsf_-_@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1384918591 17450 80.91.229.3 (20 Nov 2013 03:36:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 03:36:31 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 20 04:36:35 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1Viyag-0003uj-If for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Nov 2013 04:36:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52685 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Viyag-00051x-05 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Nov 2013 22:36:34 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59107) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ViyaQ-00050v-6E for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Nov 2013 22:36:23 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ViyaK-0002Ot-Rj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Nov 2013 22:36:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pb0-x229.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c01::229]:49795) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ViyaK-0002On-KS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Nov 2013 22:36:12 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-pb0-f41.google.com with SMTP id jt11so9334668pbb.0 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 2013 19:36:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent :mime-version:content-type; bh=LygCg+zFAoDc8flsjYUpfL9sTa8NGl1ywh8TYPPojfE=; b=zt4nEj5rxgqNkxr11NiTr/cG/ZhNk88uYfOe2Lohcz0CYrWpLfJ4C0tHrTz0Cyhhnb grLHPrdZTsI7ZvC1zzkVPmTNAozuBC4pqwI/rbJmf6BB+LTeJcr988H2UGMbRJ+I0Trx neMeNdI3GNyS9/QDEs/REfUN559Uujka+rBGVbGSqhI2lG/wzOpC6NYenfbuTVhgYVuG LZnk4P+Ttl7KRl9uFUcJ65lFkpVmeyHMs3mbtAzbASVZsutZmhKsYd/VbggiErPI7TEv R/MgTJZGiKLT8mEA5n9WubeaQlR1cUlLkMy4mDeI7t/Brl/h0QlRquL6kcjYcIxrhjBY r2sw== X-Received: by 10.68.134.6 with SMTP id pg6mr22001633pbb.67.1384918571482; Tue, 19 Nov 2013 19:36:11 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from debian-6.05 ([115.242.208.57]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id xn12sm38735729pac.12.2013.11.19.19.36.09 for (version=TLSv1.1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 19 Nov 2013 19:36:10 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87eh6cyqed.fsf_-_@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> (Emanuel Berg's message of "Tue, 19 Nov 2013 23:31:29 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c01::229 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:94540 Archived-At: Emanuel Berg writes: >> Gnus, being larger than any program ever written >> (allegedly) ... > > So, we just have to keep this up every day, and we will > have covered most of Gnus by the time we retire! > > What they are saying is: Gnus, a module of Emacs, is > bigger than Emacs, excluding all modules on the same > level as Gnus (?) I am jumping in the middle of the conversation. So, I could be missing some context. Gnus manual is written by a prankster (or many pranksters). It is not the language of the priest, it is not the language of the layman, it is a language of the poet (at places) un-inhibited, imaginative and humorously irreverent.