From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nic Ferrier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs as word processor Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 13:02:43 +0000 Message-ID: <8761rrtc3w.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> References: <5288A59E.7030109@dancol.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1384693390 25868 80.91.229.3 (17 Nov 2013 13:03:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 13:03:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Daniel Colascione Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 17 14:03:13 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Vi20O-000110-QG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Nov 2013 14:03:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38933 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vi20O-0004pC-9L for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Nov 2013 08:03:12 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33302) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vi20F-0004p0-Dp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Nov 2013 08:03:09 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vi209-0001Rk-2y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Nov 2013 08:03:03 -0500 Original-Received: from static.17.66.46.78.clients.your-server.de ([78.46.66.17]:55237 helo=po1.ferrier.me.uk) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vi208-0001RP-Sm; Sun, 17 Nov 2013 08:02:57 -0500 Original-Received: from nicferrier-dell-xps (140.35.155.90.in-addr.arpa [90.155.35.140]) by po1.ferrier.me.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 2C236AC008D; Sun, 17 Nov 2013 14:13:03 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from nicferrier-dell-xps (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nicferrier-dell-xps (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A5F46BC0008; Sun, 17 Nov 2013 13:02:43 +0000 (GMT) In-Reply-To: <5288A59E.7030109@dancol.org> (Daniel Colascione's message of "Sun, 17 Nov 2013 03:16:46 -0800") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 78.46.66.17 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:165295 Archived-At: Daniel Colascione writes: >> Could people please start working on the features that are needed? > > I don't think that would be a productive use limited resources. Emacs' > feature set is either already at a place suitable for "word processing" > or astronomically distant depending on how you think about the problem: > Emacs already works _very_ well for document preparation using auctex, > nxml-mode, and so on. LibreOffice already covers the more conventional > WYSIWYG space and is free software. I agree with this. I don't know anyone who makes documents that I respect who thinks that WYSIWYG features are a good thing. Nic Ferrier