From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs is not Microsoft Word Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:11:52 +0100 Organization: Arcor Message-ID: <86tzafnb4n.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> References: <87vdvdu4mp.fsf@literaturlatenight.de> <74160b46-e541-436a-a776-c8bd53d6cd55@o4g2000pra.googlegroups.com> <1f28a20e-0c9f-4478-a85c-27ae40ed7fc9@v16g2000prc.googlegroups.com> <4d476218-bd76-4d41-8a12-1428dfba9e9b@s9g2000prg.googlegroups.com> <7b5a888e-d50f-4061-8854-9832b9330411@o40g2000prn.googlegroups.com> <8dd3a83f-c1c9-45c9-901d-c9498cb12651@i20g2000prf.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1226338995 13984 80.91.229.10 (10 Nov 2008 17:43:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:43:15 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 10 19:21:27 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KzbO9-0000ek-4b for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:21:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39891 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kzan8-0003hV-NH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:43:10 -0500 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!news.doubleslash.org!open-news-network.org!news.teledata-fn.de!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool3.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help,comp.emacs User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:eCBKvctG+chED8UUjrnwJFLWKVk= Original-Lines: 33 Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 Nov 2008 11:12:01 CET Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 8680acf9.newsspool2.arcor-online.net Original-X-Trace: DXC=\BL?b6\FW^B^B]`=U:WelBA9EHlD; 3YcB4Fo<]lROoRA^YC2XCjHcbIHRmL6; G^Q0NCV`H8_`hhQDMU1ShTid`1N=RDY1`lDniC]]8KJ@GUb1M Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:164266 comp.emacs:97337 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:59607 Archived-At: Xah writes: >> Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). > > who the fuck r u anyway? care to enlighten us with perhaps your > resume? what emacs packages have u done? how long have u been a emacs > dev? what's your field of expertise? how old are u? 50? 60? Well, if you cared to read the Emacs developer lists, you'd notice that Alan is the main person working on cc-mode, the programming mode for such unimportant languages as C, C++, Objective C, Java, and likely awk and some others. Emacs comes with a file "AUTHORS" which will tell you: Alan Mackenzie: wrote cc-awk.el and changed cc-cmds.el cc-mode.el cc-engine.el cc-defs.el cc-langs.el cc-vars.el cc-mode.texi cc-styles.el cc-fonts.el cc-align.el lread.c programs.texi cc-subword.el font-lock.el isearch.el lisp.el search.texi startup.el subr.el text.texi add-log.el and 21 other files On the other hand, a certain "Xah Lee" is not mentioned there at all. > my life and cock size is a open book. Well, "get one" is obviously sound advice for you regarding the former category, and I recommend focusing on that at first, or there may be a lack of opportunity to apply any gains in the latter category, anyway. Expressed differently: there is more than one way to lower the dickhead center of gravity. -- David Kastrup