From: "Juanma Barranquero" <lekktu@gmail.com>
To: "David Kastrup" <dak@gnu.org>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: EmacsW32 invocation options
Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 08:56:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f7ccd24b0705042356j38b38b78tddf8b7ec45291976@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <85bqgzvm20.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>
On 5/5/07, David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> wrote:
> No, he forbids changes that would give Windows an advantage beneath
> Emacs over GNU/Linux or other free systems.
>
> "I would not be using Windows if it were not for Emacs" is no outcome
> he is interested in. I can follow him on that.
He didn't want a patch to make Emacs act as a COM server. It's hard to
think that many people would say "I would not be using Windows if it
were not for Emacs being a COM server".
> I also find it disconcerting if programmers enjoying the benefits of
> free software don't bother helping anybody else reaping the benefits
> of benefitting from their adaptations. It always has been one goal of
> free software to be available to as many people as possible, and the
> "I cater for myself, let everybody else cater for themselves" stance
> is not particularly helpful when 90% of potential users are actually
> using non-free systems.
Sorry, you lost me here. I don't see how this applies to the
discussion. Could you please elaborate?
Juanma
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Thread overview: 108+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-01 13:15 EmacsW32 invocation options Will
2007-05-01 19:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-01 20:31 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-05-01 20:39 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-05-02 3:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-02 7:18 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-05-02 10:21 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-05-02 13:28 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-05-02 14:18 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-05-02 14:37 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-05-02 15:01 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-05-02 15:14 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-05-02 15:37 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-05-02 17:31 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-05-02 20:01 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-05-02 20:14 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-05-02 20:18 ` Juanma Barranquero
[not found] ` <mailman.140.1178137499.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-05-02 20:23 ` Hadron
2007-05-02 22:30 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-05-02 19:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-02 19:38 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-05-02 20:03 ` Juanma Barranquero
[not found] ` <mailman.84.1178101677.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-05-02 11:58 ` Hadron
2007-05-02 14:00 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-05-02 14:30 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-05-02 14:46 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-05-02 15:03 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-05-02 15:30 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-05-02 15:41 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-05-02 19:57 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-05-02 20:16 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-05-02 20:23 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-05-02 20:46 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-05-02 19:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-02 20:01 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-05-02 20:07 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-05-03 9:43 ` Kim F. Storm
2007-05-03 10:51 ` Juanma Barranquero
[not found] ` <mailman.169.1178189923.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-05-03 14:41 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-03 22:31 ` Juanma Barranquero
[not found] ` <mailman.199.1178231896.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-05-03 22:50 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-04 0:09 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-05-04 8:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-04 8:32 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-05-04 17:42 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-05-04 18:00 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-05-04 22:09 ` Kim F. Storm
2007-05-04 23:03 ` Peter Dyballa
2007-05-05 6:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-05 3:04 ` Juanma Barranquero
[not found] ` <mailman.272.1178334669.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-05-05 6:09 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-05 6:56 ` Juanma Barranquero [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.275.1178348602.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-05-05 7:08 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-05 10:19 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-05-05 6:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.262.1178316988.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-05-05 1:07 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-05 8:10 ` Brian Elmegaard
2007-05-05 8:14 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-05 8:52 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-05-06 7:26 ` Brian Elmegaard
[not found] ` <mailman.137.1178136879.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-05-02 20:20 ` Hadron
2007-05-02 22:22 ` Juanma Barranquero
[not found] ` <mailman.148.1178144974.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-05-02 22:38 ` Hadron
2007-05-03 3:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.155.1178162677.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-05-03 6:24 ` Brian Elmegaard
2007-05-03 8:15 ` Juanma Barranquero
[not found] ` <mailman.163.1178180521.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-05-03 22:13 ` Brian Elmegaard
2007-05-04 8:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.216.1178267106.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-05-04 11:21 ` Brian Elmegaard
2007-05-04 12:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.222.1178282726.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-05-05 8:03 ` Brian Elmegaard
2007-05-04 12:18 ` Hadron
2007-05-04 14:21 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-05-04 14:54 ` Hadron
2007-05-04 15:00 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-05-04 18:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-04 7:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.212.1178264928.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-05-05 0:58 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-05 9:36 ` David Reitter
2007-05-05 12:43 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-05 11:18 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.78.1178090729.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-05-02 11:54 ` Hadron
2007-05-02 13:54 ` Juanma Barranquero
[not found] ` <mailman.95.1178114448.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-05-02 14:37 ` Hadron
2007-05-02 22:16 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-05-02 19:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.71.1178075223.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-05-02 6:01 ` Brian Elmegaard
2007-05-02 13:52 ` Juanma Barranquero
[not found] ` <mailman.94.1178114380.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-05-02 14:35 ` Hadron
2007-05-02 22:15 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-05-02 17:38 ` Brian Elmegaard
2007-05-02 22:17 ` Juanma Barranquero
[not found] ` <mailman.147.1178144675.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-05-03 6:25 ` Brian Elmegaard
2007-05-03 8:20 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-05-02 19:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-02 19:49 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-05-03 3:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-03 8:26 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-05-04 7:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.128.1178133511.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-05-03 6:08 ` Brian Elmegaard
2007-05-04 7:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-03 6:33 ` Brian Elmegaard
2007-05-03 10:02 ` Hadron
2007-05-03 11:02 ` Juanma Barranquero
[not found] ` <mailman.170.1178190557.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-05-03 11:36 ` Hadron
2007-05-03 13:26 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-05-04 8:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-04 8:41 ` Juanma Barranquero
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