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Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.help,gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: books packs (was: Re: The Emacs World (was: Re: how can I convert the To field to CC)) Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2021 05:12:24 +0100 Message-ID: <87h7lufb2v.fsf_-_@zoho.eu> References: <87k0r3kc70.fsf@mat.ucm.es> <87a6rzmtmw.fsf@zoho.eu> <87blcfghv2.fsf@mat.ucm.es> <87k0r27eao.fsf@zoho.eu> <87ft1qe5qd.fsf@mat.ucm.es> <87mtvye3nn.fsf@dick> <87blce5kub.fsf@zoho.eu> <87ft1qdt91.fsf@dick> <87h7m63xx4.fsf@zoho.eu> <874ki6dpua.fsf@dick> <87v9am2fjh.fsf@zoho.eu> <8735xpdbj8.fsf@mat.ucm.es> <87k0r12263.fsf@zoho.eu> <8735xfnwrj.fsf@mat.ucm.es> <87wnuqgt7m.fsf@zoho.eu> <87mtvmfblt.fsf_-_@zoho.eu> Reply-To: Emanuel Berg Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="17671"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org,ding@gnus.org To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:BHczgfjX8224u2SSJt45/K1SWyQ= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 02 05:13:39 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lGwPi-0004Rm-Oy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 02 Mar 2021 05:13:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55174 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lGwPh-00059O-Rd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 01 Mar 2021 23:13:37 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:50962) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lGwOr-0004e0-8s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Mar 2021 23:12:45 -0500 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]:43502) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lGwOo-0005cr-N7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Mar 2021 23:12:45 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lGwOj-00039R-Al for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Mar 2021 05:12:37 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Followup-To: gmane.emacs.help Mail-Copies-To: never Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -16 X-Spam_score: -1.7 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:265800 gmane.emacs.help:128338 gmane.emacs.gnus.general:89973 Archived-At: Speaking even more of books, https://dataswamp.org/~incal/#isbn and in particular, the two complete packs https://dataswamp.org/~incal/emacs-init/isbn-verify.el https://dataswamp.org/~incal/emacs-init/issn-verify.el if anyone likes these two complete packs and would like to put them on [M]ELPA or the EmacsWiki or someplace else, please do. I tried to understand how MELPA works but the README file seems to be mostly about technology (?) Two great packs IMO that are not just another program to do yet another program, instead they solve a real world, well a real technology at least, problem. With bonus integration https://dataswamp.org/~incal/emacs-init/bibtex-incal.el and some material to try on: https://dataswamp.org/~incal/books/books.bib > Speaking of books, I've said many times I think we should have > a book called the > > ####### # # # ##### ##### > # ## ## # # # # # # > # # # # # # # # # > ##### # # # # # # ##### > # # # ####### # # > # # # # # # # # # > ####### # # # # ##### ##### > > # # ####### ###### # ###### > # # # # # # # # # # > # # # # # # # # # # > # # # # # ###### # # # > # # # # # # # # # # > # # # # # # # # # # > ## ## ####### # # ####### ###### > > written in a essay-style similar to this [1]. > > There would be one chapter on ERC, one on Gnus, one on > Emacs-w3m ... it would be like a map over the Emacs, > yes, world! > > I can edit such a book - no problem, if so I promise the > following: > > 1. A great looking book thru and thru > > 2. All the extra material (chronology, glossary, screenshots > with captions, releases, stats etc, in Preussian order) > > 3. No pretentious introduction by Yours Truly (phew) > > 4. Yours Truly's name not on the cover (aah) > > 5. Yours Truly's photo not on the back flip (WHAT? > why ever not?) > > And... I now know what you're ALL thinking of right now. > It's an offer you just can't refuse! > > But don't say yes right away. Think about it! > > [1] > @book{quarter-century-of-unix, > author = {Peter Salus}, > isbn = 0201547775, > publisher = {Addison-Wesley}, > title = {A Quarter Century of UNIX}, > year = {1994} > } > >> Uwe Brauer wrote: >> >>>> [1] https://dataswamp.org/~incal/emacs-init/ >>> >>>> [2] https://dataswamp.org/~incal/emacs-init/gnus/ >>> >>> I downloaded manually mail-to-many >>> >>> But the functions are not interactive, so it is not clear >>> to me how to use it. >> >> OT (well, 50/50) >> >> I wrote a small, but very ambitious book a couple of years >> back [1] - lots'a Norwegian people in that book BTW, maybe >> you guys can get it published there? I know how patriotic >> you are :) and you should be with that record, I guess. >> well, if you do, you get the literary agent's 15% for sure - >> anyway I got a list of like 70 or so publishers in Sweden, >> so I wanted to mail a letter and the book to everyone but it >> couldn't look like spam, that's why I wrote it. >> One publishers said, ~"what I great book! but no", the >> others said nothing or "no". >> >> Just a couple of years ago I started translating it into >> EPUB but that just felt bizarre, I started to hate myself >> almost, reading my self-assured blah blah, so I didn't get >> far. Also, the lovely LaTeX IMO (looks like a magazine >> article from the 70s) would be lost. (But my impression was >> irrational. It _is_ a good book, it just felt so >> strange doing!) >> >> So the project itself is what it is right now - gone, but >> not forgotten! (= Borta men inte glömd) >> >> New adventure project: >> >> https://dataswamp.org/~incal/blog/index.html >> >> Can I interest you in a future tree house book? >> >> After that, maybe pick up that old book again. Or what do >> the successful people say - never look back? Right, I'm not >> successful :) >> >> [1] https://dataswamp.org/~incal/borta/borta.pdf -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 https://dataswamp.org/~incal