From: Bastien Guerry <bzg@altern.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: basic question: going back to dired
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:26:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87hcaiiatp.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <819feff4-76e3-4bf8-9ece-7b47f099efc2@j22g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> (Xah's message of "Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:04:13 -0700 (PDT)")
Xah <xahlee@gmail.com> writes:
> I don't think its a good idea to teach or insist that people adopt
> emacs's terminologies.
Adopting Emacs terminology is not good per se, it's good because it
helps people adopt Emacs.
> In particular, the term buffer is unsuitable and outdated. See the
> following argument:
You're arguing like a lawyer: since you cannot change the law itself,
you're just trying to change the spirit of the law.
Please improve Emacs if you want to, it will be more constructive than
trying to change the "spirit" behind Emacs...
--
Bastien
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2008-07-21 18:59 basic question: going back to dired Ben Aurel
2008-07-21 23:21 ` Bastien
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2008-07-22 6:04 ` Xah
2008-07-22 8:26 ` Bastien Guerry [this message]
2008-07-22 11:29 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-07-22 16:53 ` Bastien Guerry
2008-07-22 22:58 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-07-22 23:32 ` Bastien Guerry
2008-07-22 23:38 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-07-22 23:56 ` Bastien Guerry
[not found] ` <mailman.15212.1216767522.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-07-24 7:46 ` Miles Bader
[not found] ` <mailman.15157.1216726173.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-07-22 16:13 ` Evans Winner
2008-07-22 22:49 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-07-23 9:46 ` Tim X
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2008-07-24 7:39 ` Miles Bader
2008-07-24 9:04 ` Juanma Barranquero
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2008-07-24 10:38 ` Miles Bader
2008-07-24 12:36 ` Tim X
2008-07-24 14:38 ` Juanma Barranquero
[not found] ` <mailman.15354.1216910341.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-07-26 4:38 ` Tim X
2008-07-26 6:18 ` William Case
[not found] ` <mailman.15437.1217053103.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-07-26 8:58 ` Tim X
2008-07-22 9:46 ` Phil Carmody
2008-07-22 11:22 ` Juanma Barranquero
[not found] ` <op.ueoy5npciz1hxh@el-juanek>
2008-07-22 12:14 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-07-22 13:56 ` Dan Davison
2008-07-22 15:07 ` Juanma Barranquero
[not found] ` <op.ueo4z1peiz1hxh@el-juanek>
2008-07-22 15:03 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-07-22 17:14 ` Bastien Guerry
2008-07-24 1:38 ` Juanma
2008-07-24 8:42 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-07-24 9:28 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
2008-07-24 9:41 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-24 21:43 ` Juanma
2008-07-24 21:49 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-07-24 22:34 ` Juanma
2008-07-24 22:39 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-24 23:07 ` Juanma
2008-07-24 23:13 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-24 23:42 ` Juanma
2008-07-24 23:45 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
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2008-07-24 12:30 ` Tim X
2008-07-24 14:30 ` Juanma Barranquero
[not found] ` <mailman.15352.1216909820.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-07-26 2:23 ` Tim X
2008-07-31 0:04 ` Sean Sieger
2008-07-31 9:21 ` Juanma Barranquero
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2008-07-22 15:25 ` Phil Carmody
2008-07-24 7:19 ` Miles Bader
2008-07-24 9:02 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-07-24 11:12 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
2008-07-24 12:32 ` Tim X
2008-07-24 14:31 ` Juanma Barranquero
[not found] ` <mailman.15353.1216909918.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-07-24 15:19 ` xraysmalevich
2008-07-24 15:43 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-24 16:03 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-07-25 14:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-07-26 4:33 ` Tim X
2008-07-31 9:27 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-07-31 11:22 ` Juan Manuel Menéndez Bellón
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2008-07-31 13:59 ` Tim X
2008-07-31 14:43 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-31 14:56 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2008-07-31 15:03 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-31 15:12 ` Thierry Volpiatto
[not found] ` <mailman.15652.1217516352.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-08-04 10:48 ` Sacha Chua
2008-08-04 14:30 ` Thierry Volpiatto
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2008-07-24 17:59 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
[not found] ` <mailman.15160.1216728865.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-07-22 12:34 ` Miles Bader
2008-07-22 12:52 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-22 13:47 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
2008-07-22 14:03 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-23 1:29 ` Kevin Rodgers
[not found] ` <mailman.15173.1216735457.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-07-22 14:50 ` xraysmalevich
2008-07-22 14:44 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-07-22 17:06 ` Bastien Guerry
2008-07-22 23:04 ` Juanma Barranquero
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2008-07-23 10:25 ` Tim X
2008-07-23 11:09 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-23 11:11 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-07-23 11:39 ` Bastien
2008-07-23 11:44 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-23 12:34 ` Bastien Guerry
2008-07-23 12:56 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-23 13:34 ` Bastien Guerry
2008-07-23 13:41 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-23 13:49 ` Bastien Guerry
2008-07-23 15:26 ` Bastien
2008-07-23 15:40 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
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2008-07-24 12:18 ` Tim X
2008-07-24 14:15 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-07-26 11:06 ` Bastien
2008-07-24 15:30 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
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2008-07-26 2:17 ` Tim X
2008-07-26 6:32 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
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2008-07-26 8:31 ` Tim X
2008-07-26 8:49 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-26 9:24 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-26 9:37 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
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2008-07-26 9:31 ` Tim X
2008-07-26 10:43 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
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2008-07-24 9:47 ` Tim X
2008-07-24 10:56 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
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2008-07-24 12:17 ` Tim X
2008-07-24 14:09 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-07-26 11:06 ` Bastien
2008-07-31 9:40 ` Juanma Barranquero
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2008-07-26 1:59 ` Tim X
2008-07-31 9:00 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-07-23 10:16 ` Tim X
2008-07-23 10:59 ` Juanma Barranquero
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2008-07-24 9:39 ` Tim X
2008-07-22 16:58 ` Bastien Guerry
2008-07-22 23:03 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-07-22 23:49 ` Bastien Guerry
2008-07-22 23:56 ` Juanma Barranquero
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2008-07-25 4:48 ` p.daniels
2008-07-25 5:31 ` p.daniels
2008-07-26 11:06 ` Bastien
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2008-07-22 11:50 ` Phil Carmody
2008-07-22 14:42 ` Juanma Barranquero
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2008-07-22 14:49 ` Phil Carmody
2008-07-22 15:53 ` Juanma Barranquero
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2008-07-22 16:21 ` Phil Carmody
2008-07-22 16:51 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
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2008-07-22 21:47 ` Phil Carmody
2008-07-22 12:50 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
2008-07-22 13:05 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
2008-07-22 20:44 ` Xah
2008-07-22 22:00 ` Bastien
2008-07-24 1:30 ` Juanma
2008-07-22 23:21 ` Xiao-Yong Jin
2008-07-22 23:43 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
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2008-07-22 23:36 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2008-07-23 8:29 ` Alexey Pustyntsev
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2008-07-23 9:57 ` Thorsten Bonow
2008-07-24 11:03 ` Alan Mackenzie
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2008-07-24 11:21 ` Phil Carmody
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2008-07-31 8:55 ` Xah
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2008-07-22 5:56 ` Xah
2008-07-22 8:23 ` Bastien Guerry
2008-07-22 11:13 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-07-22 16:46 ` Bastien Guerry
2008-07-22 22:51 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-07-22 11:01 ` Xah
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2008-07-31 9:57 ` Xah
2008-07-31 12:28 ` Michael Ekstrand
2008-07-31 13:37 ` Xah
2008-08-01 8:05 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
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2008-08-01 11:15 ` Xah
2008-08-01 15:23 ` Ted Zlatanov
2008-08-01 11:40 ` Michael Ekstrand
2008-08-01 21:43 ` Cor Gest
2008-07-31 14:27 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
2008-08-06 20:38 ` Juanma
2008-08-06 20:57 ` Juanma Barranquero
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2008-08-08 14:07 ` Chris McMahan
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2008-08-07 5:12 ` Tim X
2008-07-22 7:14 ` Miles Bader
2008-07-22 10:58 ` nakkaya
2008-07-22 12:12 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2008-07-26 13:06 ` Colin S. Miller
[not found] ` <2e5864060807311010macf1b5bq439a73fc431fac04@mail.gmail.com>
2008-07-31 20:26 ` Colin S. Miller
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2008-07-31 12:37 ` Chris McMahan
2008-07-31 13:04 ` Xah
2008-07-31 14:35 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
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2008-07-31 15:54 ` Xah
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2008-07-31 17:05 ` Xah
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2008-07-31 19:00 ` Sean Sieger
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