From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Barry Margolin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: X11 Mac OS X 10.3 emacs fink: only terminal? Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 08:48:40 -0500 Organization: Symantec Message-ID: References: <1102952440.733798.50520@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <325srfF3gmkjmU2@individual.net> <326je9F3j7frtU1@individual.net> <327dl2F3gcngrU1@individual.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1103032256 12927 80.91.229.6 (14 Dec 2004 13:50:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 13:50:56 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 14 14:50:48 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CeD4h-0005l8-00 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 14:50:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CeDEr-0007Ub-2q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:01:17 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 07:48:40 -0600 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.4 (PPC Mac OS X) X-Copies-To: never Original-Lines: 17 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.128.234.87 Original-X-Trace: sv3-WUyGvyxPG6h2N7X+hbBvPx0bLGXg8l1d4V5KuA1kcldNbaemHXlpZqBqBi+Nj1Ofj1qkpF+2oGnjYPh!6jA2PDBLMpI4TeDoXhLBH0Kw/iOSigZm/CdqvJBk/vARtGus0dYrGGdkHJZa/adnGJhNRhFhi4cx!gBZ6uHVkedg= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.20 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:127305 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:22738 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:22738 In article , Joe Corneli wrote: > Why would I want to use some parochial, proprietary, monolithic, > *nonfree* windowing system when I could use an advanced, portable, > highly configurable free one (i.e., X11 and ratpoison ;))? I run OS > X, but my user experience is essentially indistinguishable from my > experience on GNU/Linux. If you don't care for Apple's GUI, why are you even bothering to run OS X instead of GNU/Linux? It seems strange to use a Mac and then essentially ignore its distinguishing feature. -- Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***