From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joe Corneli Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Is Emacs becoming Word? Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 05:24:27 -0600 Message-ID: References: <20050325180531.GB16586@dionysus.ucolick.org> <16965.12661.700062.963115@mail.eng.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1111837360 8273 80.91.229.2 (26 Mar 2005 11:42:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 11:42:40 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 26 12:42:40 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DF9gY-00056y-72 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 12:42:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DF9wD-0006mK-Qc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 06:58:45 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DF9ta-0005mi-4S for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 06:56:02 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DF9tX-0005lG-Q6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 06:56:00 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DF9tF-0004n2-34 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 06:55:41 -0500 Original-Received: from [146.6.139.124] (helo=dell3.ma.utexas.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DF9P2-0006zZ-3B for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 06:24:28 -0500 Original-Received: from lab45.ma.utexas.edu (mail@lab45.ma.utexas.edu [128.83.133.159]) by dell3.ma.utexas.edu (8.11.0.Beta3/8.10.2) with ESMTP id j2QBORC26399; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 05:24:27 -0600 Original-Received: from jcorneli by lab45.ma.utexas.edu with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DF9P1-0002qa-00; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 05:24:27 -0600 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-reply-to: <16965.12661.700062.963115@mail.eng.it> (GianUberto.Lauri@eng.it) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org X-MailScanner-To: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:25182 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:25182 >>>>> "JC" == Joe Corneli writes: JC> Eg. the first time \pi turns into a greek JC> symbol, I disagree with the whole argument except for having some documentation that tells you how to replace an old behaviour if you don't like the new. That IS the whole argument. Anyone who says differently is selling something. They use them in their everyday life. TeX has grown and understands them. It's fair that Emacs handles them the right way and I love the True One Editor when it does it. Have cake? Eat it, too.