From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juanma Barranquero Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Trunk still not open Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 13:38:59 +0100 Message-ID: References: <6xwqfxhl88.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83txb1mcsy.fsf@gnu.org> <87siqlku0i.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87wqfxari2.fsf@yandex.ru> <87ha70kyy3.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <5323B66B.5070405@yandex.ru> <837g7vdg70.fsf@gnu.org> <87bnx5l9is.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1395059981 31821 80.91.229.3 (17 Mar 2014 12:39:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 12:39:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , Dmitry Gutov , Emacs developers To: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 17 13:39:50 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1WPWpY-0008QR-85 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Mar 2014 13:39:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57251 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WPWpX-0004AC-QZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Mar 2014 08:39:47 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51531) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WPWpU-0004A6-FI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Mar 2014 08:39:45 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WPWpT-0000bC-Ja for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Mar 2014 08:39:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-yk0-x230.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4002:c07::230]:44446) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WPWpQ-0000al-Tj; Mon, 17 Mar 2014 08:39:40 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-yk0-f176.google.com with SMTP id 19so14791019ykq.7 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2014 05:39:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=N/Vcx3Uhw6WJ58uKBPS5mo7aMZikbBErRmDgzd92ejw=; b=0mMLA7pERkEfMgQi0le3nE9frPsDHO5ovnJGpuRUcqPsWEz0jOsMeZ7DfFXqZMpdgx DByCDlE56NGK5VslkN9bxBNbxOteOSUJKdNA8I5+ed9iUrHnoXFQUPdF8YpoyYvwPogF K2R8iyoGYDiy0j6GnTjHsNrgaUlT/YxM2UDO0r96otNzpbC++sq/3bhLW9N5hMnUZPg0 99eX0WSQztRJpXP6FP4jzVUdAkdZrjWCgNVjVmeDaNnB6U/sZ0cqWvd6E9b0ZXH+wqbE VvPwLOcBxIhvNswX+OafdUSb4NSMpCLaJcloUuQT6vzfmNUYzDaMAAS5W3K6IwAcRCn7 T5qw== X-Received: by 10.236.2.37 with SMTP id 25mr1229690yhe.123.1395059980067; Mon, 17 Mar 2014 05:39:40 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.170.163.3 with HTTP; Mon, 17 Mar 2014 05:38:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87bnx5l9is.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4002:c07::230 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:170433 Archived-At: On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 5:43 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > It very rare that a person who can code is incapable > of writing docs to an acceptable level of quality. It is of course > common that they have had little practice at it. I've been a tech writer, and editor, for the Spanish edition of PC World (back when paper magazines still mattered); I've written features for tech magazines, and ghost written some for the leading Spanish technews blog; many years ago I worked for a small VoIP telco (before Skype, though they are still active) where there was a mandate to document everything in English; I've also written book reviews, non-tech features, and even once a cooking recipe; additionally, I've translated lots of technical texts (including OS-400 docs for IBM) and non-tech too (I translated "Snow Crash" to Spanish, a fact I'm pretty proud of). I'm not bragging; I'm pointing out that I can put words together well enough to be professionally published. And yet, I *suck* at it, I'm extremely slow and inefficient doing that work, because of the simple fact that I *HATE* writing. I consider my teeth being pulled out without painkillers an acceptable, even alluring, procrastinating alternative to writing. Practice has nothing to do with it. I have practice.