From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Steven Degutis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Does anyone really use emacs in terminal? Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 14:30:15 -0500 Message-ID: References: <877gjevvdc.fsf@kuiper.lan.informatimago.com> <874nehqqzz.fsf@zigzag.favinet> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1367782239 11908 80.91.229.3 (5 May 2013 19:30:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 19:30:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" To: Thien-Thi Nguyen Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 05 21:30:38 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 1UZ4do-0005hZ-MI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 May 2013 21:30:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41020 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UZ4do-0004q1-8y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 May 2013 15:30:36 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:49768) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UZ4dZ-0004nr-RU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 May 2013 15:30:25 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UZ4dX-0001Ok-Gl for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 May 2013 15:30:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-da0-x232.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c00::232]:46217) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UZ4dU-0001O8-CL; Sun, 05 May 2013 15:30:16 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-da0-f50.google.com with SMTP id i23so1522554dad.37 for ; Sun, 05 May 2013 12:30:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=L3qSAPRMI2x9Fl2XZBwz8g8THNCyDrWbwCYBzAnZR+M=; b=stRRah5yOhS8sjHrx/ihcw878k3g29cXtsilCF8qNa23Adqymy07quIrvYrJ9Z0PXL /JCjDfz0SlkgrP1ybmX9li8MsVL18XeWWmj3lyBYtU+G1LnKwXGFooEITQG73RkF93dR rVfKhbBpwX6PSY1gfhl4IN+kQfIU5LSc/BV6PSddcQhLHKtq7wxJk3oZm/V5YWaqrixE Lx+w6MIqb+WhM141igH2YLKBMshiB0zgP30/gZzDdFgZ9BNDI+AufhjfB854TKYmkNmQ u6ZvLKlnWQEdsHLMmcUjTG0GK3qLew2G7b6++5dxpjKv5SBIuDSDMKoAFwKVORFn39sr fV+w== X-Received: by 10.66.172.233 with SMTP id bf9mr23293334pac.139.1367782215376; Sun, 05 May 2013 12:30:15 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.70.58.231 with HTTP; Sun, 5 May 2013 12:30:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <874nehqqzz.fsf@zigzag.favinet> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c00::232 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:90520 Archived-At: Quite beautiful. On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote: > () Steven Degutis > () Sun, 5 May 2013 00:43:37 -0500 > > Yes, any clone is a fork, but only the Privileged Few can understand > emacs' source code enough to do anything decent with it. > > what privilege -- to have the source > (and time and obstinance to grok in full)! > still, decency forbids me, of course, > to drape my pushful whims as pull. > > mayhaps there be a muddling middle, > where awkward (mis-)steps could warn, not err. > never opaque'd be my fuddling fiddle; > a tweak in alpha, to thwart despair. > > i cannot count the ghosts that surround me; > they whisper lines of code and commentary. > through pregnant plant of secrets quite profoundly, > fear, was heavy, now hope, but momentary. > > what privilege -- to have the source > (and nerve and indolance to shirk the view)! > still, cowardace spurs me on, of course, > to close my mind and mock the few. > > thi >