From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: rvmolen@bambecksystems.com (Richard V. Molen) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: i give up, what's the EMACS icon supposed to be? Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 22:09:51 GMT Organization: Giganews.Com - Premium News Outsourcing Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <22e07013.0210021113.764689e5@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1033713779 6844 127.0.0.1 (4 Oct 2002 06:42:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 06:42:59 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17xMAr-0001mD-00 for ; Fri, 04 Oct 2002 08:42:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17xLdM-0000k0-00; Fri, 04 Oct 2002 02:08:20 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!nntp.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp2.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nntp3.aus1.giganews.com!bin4.nnrp.aus1.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 X-GC-Trace: gv1-NCTH9ShD6oHijWdz9P37gMQOvshzyGLZQvcbEWwLywLkiDabFtN43v7 Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 17:09:51 CDT Original-Lines: 30 Original-X-Trace: sv3-uU40JS4v+DGI/XNRb5xnGteC4J1HsJuVhEoSPjJKTfDzurvYgcF3mC1y6TzOLolU/Oy+tzfemESYAvN!ZuxeV00/NDHL673NKZQMqipvQNfbSFcwy1vT8XAg2zKbB3hDyBLmNPbMvmqDQ/jmRLRV Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@GigaNews.Com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html 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: 1.1 Original-Xref: nntp.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:105654 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:2242 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:2242 cantreallysay@hotmail.com (wahzoo) writes: > I've been running GNU EMACS for years now on Windows. > Does anyone know what the EMACS icon is a picture of? > > On my machine it looks like a stainless steel ring with > the profile of an open book laid on top. (?) (I've run > past versions where the icon is a kitchen sink.) > > WtF is it? > > --wahzoo Wow, you need therapy, it's obviously a sea anenome! ;-) Well maybe not.. If when I right-click on the icon, select properties,Change icon, and take out my +3.50 glasses and squint just right I can make out, yes, it the face of a gnu. It has an earring dangling off its left horn (or is that a bad 70's haircut?). 8-) Hey, at least it's unique. -- Richard V. Molen Warning!! Signature under construction, safety glasses required.