From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Robert Thorpe Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: gnuplot (was: Re: zsh outside of Emacs) Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 03:28:10 +0000 Message-ID: <87twytdt4l.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> References: <87oap1fems.fsf_-_@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1423625321 2579 80.91.229.3 (11 Feb 2015 03:28:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 03:28:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Emanuel Berg Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 11 04:28:30 2015 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 1YLNyX-0007aS-Kw for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 04:28:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42956 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YLNyW-0004j9-Hy for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:28:28 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44002) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YLNyK-0004j4-Ro for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:28:17 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YLNyH-0004nj-LU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:28:16 -0500 Original-Received: from outbound-smtp05.blacknight.com ([81.17.249.38]:35123) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YLNyH-0004nb-Fe for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:28:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.blacknight.com (pemlinmail03.blacknight.ie [81.17.254.16]) by outbound-smtp05.blacknight.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C3C1398439 for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 03:28:11 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: (qmail 26244 invoked from network); 11 Feb 2015 03:28:11 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO RTLaptop) (rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com@[109.78.87.63]) by 81.17.254.9 with ESMTPSA (DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA encrypted, authenticated); 11 Feb 2015 03:28:11 -0000 In-Reply-To: <87oap1fems.fsf_-_@debian.uxu> (message from Emanuel Berg on Wed, 11 Feb 2015 01:58:19 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 81.17.249.38 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:102627 Archived-At: Emanuel Berg writes: > for fast ASCII-only checks. Speaking of gnuplot, I had > to to get gnuplot-mode from MELPA - that was super > easy, but why isn't such a basic mode included in > vanilla Emacs, to offer font lock, indentation, and > invocation? For the few of you who don't know gnuplot Perhaps because the authors haven't copyright assigned it to the FSF? The name "gnuplot" is a coincidence, the program and it's authors have nothing to do with the GNU project. That's not to say it's not a great program, it is. BR, Robert Thorpe