From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: choice for the new emacs icon Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:16:10 +0100 Message-ID: <853arrzhh1.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <200802050135.m151ZGDH005052@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <87hcg9juvs.fsf@olgas.newt.com> <85mypzzksd.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85ablzzj2n.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87tzk78t6d.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203264990 12010 80.91.229.12 (17 Feb 2008 16:16:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:16:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Ralf Angeli , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Bastien Guerry Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 17 17:16:53 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JQmCB-00063k-Ma for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:16:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JQmBg-0002TG-Rv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:16:20 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JQmBc-0002QY-BI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:16:16 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JQmBa-0002OA-JA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:16:15 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JQmBa-0002Np-DV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:16:14 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-in-05.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.45]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JQmBZ-0008E0-Vz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:16:14 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-in-02-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-02-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.14]) by mail-in-05.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6AC318B41B; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:16:12 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail-in-05.arcor-online.net (mail-in-05.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.45]) by mail-in-02-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97998114336; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:16:12 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from lola.goethe.zz (dslb-084-061-061-042.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.61.61.42]) by mail-in-05.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CA982BAA21; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:16:12 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id C93C91C4CE32; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:16:10 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <87tzk78t6d.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (Bastien Guerry's message of "Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:05:30 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.92.1/5847/Sun Feb 17 12:26:12 2008 on mail-in-05.arcor-online.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:89359 Archived-At: Bastien Guerry writes: > David Kastrup writes: > >> Ralf Angeli writes: >> >>> * David Kastrup (2008-02-17) writes: >>> >>>> Richard Stallman writes: >>>> >>>>> Maybe we should go back to the kitchen sink icon. It was the funniest >>>>> of all the Emacs icons. >>>> >>>> I don't think it properly reflects the end user polish we have taken >>>> pains to apply to Emacs in the last decade or so. >>> >>> At least the kitchen sink reflects on the nature of Emacs in contrast to >>> a purple rubber ball. And you can always use a hyper-realistic image of >>> a stainless steel sink in order to make it more appealing. Of course >>> this won't help the uninitiated to get the connection between a kitchen >>> sink and Emacs. >> >> Emacs is more like a time sink rather than a kitchen sink. But I have >> my doubts that there would be an easily recognizable icon idea for that. > > Maybe the Dali soft watch? I haven't checked, but I rather doubt we have a copyright assignment from Dali on file for Emacs. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum