From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: mail-yank-original problem Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 19:34:22 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87ppga7un5.fsf@debian.uxu> References: <19451401-1488-40de-a211-eb37feecaa3a@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1407519327 18475 80.91.229.3 (8 Aug 2014 17:35:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 17:35:27 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 08 19:35:22 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1XFo4V-00008N-D6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Aug 2014 19:35:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52145 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XFo4U-0002Kg-UJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Aug 2014 13:35:18 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.stack.nl!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 37 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: SIvZRMPqRkkTHAHL6NkRuw.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:vSngimiKS+xyjBLsN5KjpMG+ZQA= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:206867 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:99142 Archived-At: Hans BKK writes: >> I actually don't know why Emacs is so conservative >> color-wise. Colors are helpful (productive), but they >> also make you feel good, so you get even more >> productive. > > Emacs' traditions precede GUI/mouse/color support. > Everyone's taste differs. Colors don't have anything to do with the GUI or the mouse. When I was a kid there were colors on the PC but no GUI, while the Mac had a GUI in Finder (which couldn't be used without the mouse), nonetheless everything was black and white. I never use either GUI or mouse and haven't mentioned either. > Look at it as a 'toolkit' allowing you to config/code > your own editor. If that seems burdensome or too > difficult then maybe another editor more in tune with > the current mainstream zeitgeist would suit you > better ?! Here is 52 files of configuration and extension in Elisp: http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573/emacs.html > No comment on the 'kids & girls'. OK, then I'm not going to comment either on the quality of your post. Or did I... -- underground experts united