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: Emacs history, and "Is Emacs difficult to learn?" Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 23:50:41 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87pptzemz2.fsf@VLAN-3434.student.uu.se> References: <87y58pplcp.fsf@VLAN-3434.student.uu.se> <87fvuwgsv0.fsf@VLAN-3434.student.uu.se> <075751cf-97a3-4d01-8fb1-4ffbc0180f3f@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1375221321 12044 80.91.229.3 (30 Jul 2013 21:55:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 21:55:21 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 30 23:55:25 2013 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 1V4Ht2-0008OV-Dl for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 Jul 2013 23:55:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48787 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V4Ht2-0008H3-04 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 Jul 2013 17:55:20 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!goblin3!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 26 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: SWN/nubmpQxYKwY7hPy4YA.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:FCha+Mf8yXTk01jWGGk7w/XVtkQ= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:200304 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:92571 Archived-At: Rustom Mody writes: > ... why spreadsheets are just FP in disguise > > http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~black/S3S/PeytonJones.ppt I tried to print that file with 'lpr', but I got only white pages with a few goofy chars each. Then I tried to browse it with Emacs-w3m, but it just displayed gibberish when I chose not to download it, but instead tried to "display" it. Then, 'file' revealed: >> PeytonJones.ppt: Composite Document File V2 Document, Little >> Endian, Os: Windows, Version 5.1, Code page: 1252, Title: Slide >> 1, Author: Peyton Jones, Template: Stream, Last Saved By: Simon >> Peyton-Jones, Revision Number: 105, Name of Creating >> Application: Microsoft PowerPoint, Total Editing Time: >> 5d+17:47:27, Create Time/Date: Wed Nov 7 22:57:44 2001, Last >> Saved Time/Date: Fri Dec 5 20:01:38 2003, Number of Words: 1127 Well, I'm not going to "read" any PowerPoint, that's for sure. -- Emanuel Berg - programmer (hire me! CV below) computer projects: http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 internet activity: http://home.student.uu.se/embe8573