From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bastien Guerry Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: choice for the new emacs icon Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:10:50 +0000 Message-ID: <874pc762kl.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> 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 1203272852 4283 80.91.229.12 (17 Feb 2008 18:27:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:27:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, Bill Wohler To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 17 19:27:55 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 1JQoF0-0002jY-3U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:27:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JQoEV-0006cl-KG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:27:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JQlAR-0004QY-0t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:10:59 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JQlAN-0004QM-Sh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:10:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JQlAN-0004QJ-Oh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:10:55 -0500 Original-Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com ([66.249.82.225]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JQlAN-0001JR-J0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:10:55 -0500 Original-Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s7so1164130wxc.24 for ; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:10:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type:sender; bh=bPDiRU7z/WI4AtccEUXI3uzeNHnge6FB6s0ENTioSBQ=; b=VmNCl38Vx8HWbzJpRX+syh0oD0uYI3VfL5zs7gyw9YUM9gk/uYycBwgdfopahKT26Zg+fHHAAn8NmYulYytifsuWsKrrPKGP6DuBBJ/5QGxw53O2v5lSTfDOWfzoGoFvo6C+sS8nxXc4U2ZgfDpq1Fngzc38HBN1lC05bkVfwJ0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type:sender; b=sSbI2tMmF9VC84XNooqK8IFKrzcqLMzmmgvbL//zsdFPWHn6njN5Gy8Z+VyMcQEXLAcbm/LebOinfjTXqOaG5R/wyp6GDvgW1q+YVPcMMb9WyGfc8bNcMxz7Ktc/BETpUqBiUH3B0uEb8Ld0Y6Dx1DpytAvSFcrnIJZ9bUj/mtk= Original-Received: by 10.150.135.2 with SMTP id i2mr1629358ybd.197.1203261054946; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:10:54 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from bzg.ath.cx ( [81.99.213.34]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d2sm13166432nfc.11.2008.02.17.07.10.52 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:10:53 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by bzg.ath.cx (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F2DFF1575BD; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:10:50 +0000 (GMT) In-Reply-To: <85mypzzksd.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (David Kastrup's message of "Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:04:34 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:26:39 -0500 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:89375 Archived-At: David Kastrup writes: > Richard Stallman writes: > >> There is precedent for changing the icon on each major release, so I'd >> go along with the game. >> >> There is no policy against keeping the icon unchanged between major >> releases. >> >> 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. Isn't this supposed to reflect humour and history more than end user polish? BTW, I don't expect the users will deduce the actual design and usefulness of GNU Emacs based on its icon. -- Bastien