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 16:41:36 +0100 Message-ID: <85ablzzj2n.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <200802050135.m151ZGDH005052@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <87hcg9juvs.fsf@olgas.newt.com> <85mypzzksd.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203262921 5856 80.91.229.12 (17 Feb 2008 15:42:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:42:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Ralf Angeli Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 17 16:42:25 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 1JQlem-0003ow-75 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:42:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JQleH-0004er-7n for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:41:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JQleD-0004eW-L7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:41:45 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JQleB-0004df-KW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:41:44 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JQleB-0004db-Ed for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:41:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-in-03.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.43]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JQleB-00005F-8o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:41:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-in-05-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-05-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.17]) by mail-in-03.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 008112CB39B; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:41:41 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail-in-05.arcor-online.net (mail-in-05.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.45]) by mail-in-05-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4BB52DAB40; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:41:40 +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 A464B2BAA23; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:41:40 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 3C89E1C4CE32; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:41:37 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (Ralf Angeli's message of "Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:19:14 +0100") 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:89353 Archived-At: 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. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum