From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rusi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: on ``An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp'' Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 03:43:36 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <0ec96568-4fa3-47e8-a224-722dc842181a@googlegroups.com> References: <87oac34e2o.fsf@debian.uxu> <871t8z6tgc.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> <87io297a26.fsf@debian.uxu> <87h9hsheov.fsf@mbork.pl> <87vb687y6s.fsf@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1454413528 18946 80.91.229.3 (2 Feb 2016 11:45:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 11:45:28 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 02 12:45:27 2016 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 1aQZOb-0005aB-52 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Feb 2016 12:45:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56471 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aQZOa-0000pg-Eg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Feb 2016 06:45:20 -0500 X-Received: by 10.140.242.131 with SMTP id n125mr22790489qhc.14.1454413416789; Tue, 02 Feb 2016 03:43:36 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.50.43.165 with SMTP id x5mr34285igl.9.1454413416741; Tue, 02 Feb 2016 03:43:36 -0800 (PST) Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!94no33863qgt.1!news-out.google.com!kr2ni4399igb.0!nntp.google.com!ks5no266871igb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=117.195.33.189; posting-account=mBpa7woAAAAGLEWUUKpmbxm-Quu5D8ui Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 117.195.33.189 User-Agent: G2/1.0 Injection-Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2016 11:43:36 +0000 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:216671 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:108963 Archived-At: On Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 12:52:47 PM UTC+5:30, Marcin Borkowski wrote: > On 2016-02-02, at 01:28, Emanuel Berg wrote: > > > Marcin Borkowski writes: > > > >> I'd like to point out that one nice benefit of > >> compiling from source (apart from staying on the > >> bleeding edge) ... > > > > There can be many definitions of "staying on the > > bleeding edge". One is: using software to be active, > > creative and productive with *your own projects* that > > perhaps nobody else knows about, until you release it > > for everyone to see and (sometimes) use. > > > > Using the latest releases of everything, including > > hardware components, is something some people take > > pride in. > > > > But often this is actually something that one > > shouldn't do because it is an obstacle to the own > > activity which benefits from reliable, familiar tools. > > Fair enough. > > I have to say, though, that the alleged unreliability of the development > version of Emacs has yet to hit me. See my other thread on python mode. In summary: Builtin python mode is giving various unfriendly messages in emacs 25 not 24