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: TRIVIAL: message in minibuffer Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:20:24 +0200 Message-ID: <86k5r8fc5j.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1188804391 26990 80.91.229.12 (3 Sep 2007 07:26:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 07:26:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Devel To: dhruva Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 03 09:26:28 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 1IS6KA-0006V1-5a for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:26:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IS6K8-0000mW-Uz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Sep 2007 03:26:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IS6K0-0000kJ-Qk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Sep 2007 03:26:08 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IS6Jz-0000jd-Aq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Sep 2007 03:26:08 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IS6Jz-0000jQ-2a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Sep 2007 03:26:07 -0400 Original-Received: from pc3.berlin.powerweb.de ([62.67.228.11]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IS6Jx-0003ZN-CJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Sep 2007 03:26:05 -0400 Original-Received: from quinscape.de (dslnet.212-29-44.ip210.dokom.de [212.29.44.210] (may be forged)) by pc3.berlin.powerweb.de (8.9.3p3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA01183 for ; Mon, 3 Sep 2007 09:20:24 +0200 X-Delivered-To: Original-Received: (qmail 335 invoked from network); 3 Sep 2007 07:20:24 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO lola.quinscape.zz) ([10.0.3.43]) (envelope-sender ) by ns.quinscape.de (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 3 Sep 2007 07:20:24 -0000 Original-Received: by lola.quinscape.zz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D783D8FA33; Mon, 3 Sep 2007 09:20:24 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (dhruva's message of "Mon\, 3 Sep 2007 11\:08\:11 +0530") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (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:77646 Archived-At: dhruva writes: > I have Emacs (HEAD) on WXP. On launching Emacs, I get the following > message in the mini buffer. > > "For information about the GNU system and GNU/Linux, type C-h C-p." > > Is the mention of "GNU/Linux" intentional (though I am on > M$)?. IMHO, we could mention FSF instead so that it has a wider > coverage. The FSF is a political organization (or whatever you want to call it) in charge of the GNU project. Emacs is part of the GNU project. The most popular and widely available GNU systems are GNU/Linux. In particular if you are coming from a non-UNIX background, those are relevant keywords and information. Typing C-c C-p takes you to general information about the GNU project, including a short passage on the GNU/Linux aspect. The FSF's views, activities and goals comprise more than just the GNU project but the focus of the information is all about GNU. So I think that this is spot on, and being on MS Windows does not really make a difference. -- David Kastrup