From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: Re: 23.0.60; Can't paste from files with .arc extensions Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:50:33 +0900 Message-ID: <87y78rzf46.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <47D32BE3.5000707@lojic.com> <87abl71ru4.fsf@catnip.gol.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1205103074 22897 80.91.229.12 (9 Mar 2008 22:51:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 22:51:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: info@lojic.com, emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 09 23:51:42 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JYUMd-00038V-OJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:51:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JYUM5-0006oN-JP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:50:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JYULv-0006hE-Mc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:50:47 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JYULt-0006gR-Qe for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:50:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JYULt-0006gL-M9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:50:45 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JYULt-0001Q3-J4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:50:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166] helo=mx10.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JYULt-0006PK-12 for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:50:45 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JYULq-0001O4-8A for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:50:45 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp12.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.74]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JYULm-0001MC-52; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:50:38 -0400 Original-Received: from 203-216-96-086.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.96.86] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp12.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1JYULj-0001e0-Cm; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:50:35 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 135C22FF7; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:50:33 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:39:09 +0200") Original-Lines: 31 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:91944 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:21481 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> What is the original "arc" anyway? > > A very old archive format, one of the first ones. > >> Are such archives common > > I don't think they are, nowadays. So is it worth having emacs support that extension for them, then? [Even if there are still a few such files lying around, what's the likelihood someone would visit one in Emacs?] I don't particularly care about paul graham's language (the scuttlebutt is that it's a bit of a mess), but if his language is called "Arc", I can hardly blame him for using that extension for the source files -- and if the previous user is only very rarely used, not care much about the conflict. >> (i've never even heard of them)? > > Gee, Miles! you couldn't be _that_ young! ;-) No, sadly, that particular deficiency is not the cause of my ignorance... :-( -Miles -- Scriptures, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.