From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hadron Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: EmacsW32 invocation options Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 13:36:59 +0200 Message-ID: <878xc6uois.fsf@gmail.com> References: <59osrdF2m97hgU1@mid.individual.net> <4637A396.9000300@gmail.com> <87zm4mw7hj.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1178195626 18877 80.91.229.12 (3 May 2007 12:33:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 12:33:46 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 03 14:33:44 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HjaVD-0003fN-VO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 May 2007 14:33:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hjabj-0001RK-Rr for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 May 2007 08:40:27 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 37 Original-X-Trace: individual.net xzNGyrWHPegY16t+RIx77AlBEioIGveBY5r5m2Ha59sVFJzVQN X-Orig-Path: news.individual.net!news X-Face: 2h#||Cd#d%F*NCm59[_6/{1a@jy%; |j>{D~4^gKg(^i%7j0IK?+,/GmW&:CD5fEKb_! User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.99 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:O1wJMMKB1STCsFllZ/Cg1iOKuek= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:147995 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:43591 Archived-At: "Juanma Barranquero" writes: > On 5/3/07, Hadron wrote: > >> In SW there are always those who prefer not to do rather than do because >> then there is no risk of the apple cart being upset. This attitude can >> pay dividends in the long run. "Half assed" solutions to "partial >> problems" often come and bite one in the ass at a later date. I suspect >> people are worried that W32Emacs might be just such a venture. > > And in this case, is not that some people (me included) preferred "not > to do". More like "not now, because it could benefit from some > additional thought". I have often found in the development world that sometimes "additional thought" is a euphemism for "not today, not tomorrow, maybe in a few years when I have nothing better to do". There are times when it can benefit a development to let the young guns go blazing and see what happens. Sometimes :-; > >> So, I for one am grateful for Lennart's work on this issue >> anyway. Is it perfect? No way. Is it better than went before? >> Yes. > > Of course. > >> Is >> Lennart open to suggestions for improvement from the people who actually >> use it? > > That's a good question. > > Juanma And one fairly easy to answer - yes. But note the important bit - "from those who actually use it".