From: Dieter Wilhelm <dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de>
To: rms@gnu.org
Cc: nickrob@snap.net.nz, mathias.dahl@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:00:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y7ktif0n.fsf@debby.local.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1HckbQ-0005i1-Q7@fencepost.gnu.org> (Richard Stallman's message of "Sat\, 14 Apr 2007 11\:55\:52 -0400")
Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
> But then: So are your arguments for removing the packages 8-).
> thumbs.el is small and therefore would not eat lots of resources (I
> guess).
>
> The main cost of having thumbs.el is not the disk space it takes up.
(I meant rather maintenance resources, manpower.)
> It is the conceptual cost for users.
Not so when the explanation for the existence of thumbs is so concise.
The user is guided and recommended to tumme and in one sentence you
could mention thumbs as an alternative for image viewing. The user
has then the option to experiment.
I still think that it would be (slightly) better for Emacs to retain
thumbs. Thank you for your patience.
--
Best wishes
H. Dieter Wilhelm
Darmstadt, Germany
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-04-15 20:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-04-10 21:04 Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme Dieter Wilhelm
2007-04-10 21:18 ` Nick Roberts
2007-04-11 6:44 ` Dieter Wilhelm
2007-04-11 19:46 ` Richard Matthew Stallman
2007-04-11 21:55 ` Nick Roberts
2007-04-12 17:43 ` Richard Matthew Stallman
2007-04-12 21:59 ` Nick Roberts
2007-04-13 0:55 ` Dieter Wilhelm
2007-04-13 9:01 ` Mathias Dahl
2007-04-14 10:55 ` Dieter Wilhelm
2007-04-14 15:55 ` Richard Stallman
2007-04-15 20:00 ` Dieter Wilhelm [this message]
2007-04-16 15:38 ` Richard Stallman
2007-04-16 18:50 ` Dieter Wilhelm
2007-04-16 18:36 ` Mathias Dahl
2007-04-16 18:58 ` Dieter Wilhelm
2007-04-18 2:02 ` Richard Stallman
2007-04-18 12:02 ` Mathias Dahl
2007-04-19 1:07 ` Dieter Wilhelm
2007-04-19 15:11 ` Drew Adams
2007-04-19 2:38 ` Richard Stallman
2007-04-19 9:10 ` Kim F. Storm
2007-04-19 9:30 ` David Kastrup
2007-04-19 12:46 ` Mathias Dahl
2007-04-19 12:55 ` David Kastrup
2007-04-19 13:37 ` Markus Triska
2007-04-19 13:43 ` Mathias Dahl
2007-04-20 14:52 ` Richard Stallman
2007-04-20 15:47 ` Drew Adams
2007-04-20 15:53 ` David Kastrup
2007-04-20 16:03 ` Drew Adams
2007-04-22 0:47 ` Richard Stallman
2007-04-22 2:04 ` Nick Roberts
2007-04-22 3:44 ` Chong Yidong
2007-04-22 7:34 ` Drew Adams
2007-04-22 8:19 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-04-22 10:53 ` Mathias Dahl
2007-04-22 11:11 ` David Kastrup
2007-04-22 13:08 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-04-22 13:15 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-04-22 14:02 ` Chong Yidong
2007-04-22 11:40 ` Robert J. Chassell
2007-04-22 12:31 ` Dieter Wilhelm
2007-04-22 15:12 ` David Kastrup
2007-04-22 16:05 ` Dieter Wilhelm
2007-04-19 15:24 ` Drew Adams
2007-04-19 20:41 ` Mathias Dahl
2007-04-19 16:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-04-19 20:43 ` Mathias Dahl
2007-04-20 14:52 ` Richard Stallman
2007-04-13 15:19 ` Richard Stallman
2007-04-14 11:46 ` Dieter Wilhelm
2007-04-13 15:19 ` Richard Stallman
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