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: Move etc/future-bug into etc/JOKES ?? Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:30:22 +0100 Message-ID: <85irdmmplt.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <85649mo72r.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1172665845 12464 80.91.229.12 (28 Feb 2007 12:30:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:30:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, "Kim F. Storm" To: "Juanma Barranquero" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 28 13:30:37 2007 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 1HMNx7-0004kt-Ba for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:30:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HMNx7-0005Ir-Q7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:30:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HMNww-0005Id-Vq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:30:27 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HMNwv-0005I6-9t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:30:26 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HMNwv-0005I3-6G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:30:25 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-in-11.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.51]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1HMNwu-0007S2-NZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:30:25 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-in-01-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-11-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.28]) by mail-in-11.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B62011698; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:30:23 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail-in-01.arcor-online.net (mail-in-01.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.41]) by mail-in-01-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FA0734750E; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:30:23 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from lola.goethe.zz (dslb-084-061-043-215.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.61.43.215]) by mail-in-01.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B446106B6F; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:30:23 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id B7DBC1C4D3B2; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:30:22 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Wed\, 28 Feb 2007 13\:22\:56 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.94 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: 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:67025 Archived-At: "Juanma Barranquero" writes: > On 2/28/07, David Kastrup wrote: > >> But we need to teach Emacs-related humor to the general public, or >> they won't appreciate working with Emacs. > > Let's leave them reach illumination on their own. One person's satori > is another person's bore. :) > >> You need a certain amount >> of Emaczen to fully appreciate messages like from >> >> C-h w ignore RET > > ignore is on , , , > > ?? > >> which is, in its depth of observation and the underlying GUI >> philosophy, nothing short of brilliant. > > What else did you expect from where-is? Oh, for me it just says ignore is on which I find much more appealing in its message. Your Emacs recognizes a language-change key? -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum