From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: suvayu ali Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs users a dying breed? Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:37:43 +0200 Message-ID: References: <9809cd1a-9086-4022-af79-732fb6149f20@q5g2000pba.googlegroups.com> <87mx3vzqd7.fsf@friendface.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <87ipejzjce.fsf@friendface.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <4FE45F11.2060105@easy-emacs.de> <874nq35wh3.wl%lists@groll.co.za> <87bokaw9dh.fsf@nzebook.haselwarter.org> <87395mxmg4.fsf@mithlond.arda> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1340455096 19754 80.91.229.3 (23 Jun 2012 12:38:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 12:38:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, Philipp Haselwarter To: Teemu Likonen Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 23 14:38:15 2012 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 1SiPbQ-00009i-Hl for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:38:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44402 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SiPbQ-0005dG-I3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 08:38:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56003) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SiPbL-0005d9-HV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 08:38:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SiPbJ-0007oe-T3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 08:38:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ob0-f169.google.com ([209.85.214.169]:39873) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SiPbJ-0007oU-LG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 08:38:05 -0400 Original-Received: by obhx4 with SMTP id x4so4400171obh.0 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 05:38:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=lB99orbZMirhWMS8Oc7Gb+B/dAJq6pSYnq7LZs7ys8A=; b=x0Y4EpCMY2UgKrVBu5nFnQBYmWO/H30WvkXucKnaR+Y/8M4u8mkeoFKm8kttwfDgZj 4v7ua2KYl06PJ2N53wpAMSPU/zuuRkYFj4M/2os3Q7cNNDDe3rvP1Zw0A5IeyOeARYUB YVl5kBc7knoxxbw5YHeO5xs5aPeFA9fbTi9hVhBV1WUSk3d9zce9+3KQvy4U4vi/1gnO FaspQxJYEnAOojNcxzE123Eb1BP9FTqHi/foJhE7NLdMI+ii1t0uIcjDbRpjLSqQtVBb SZU3Tr5rFGadG/doCosmFennui1Fn9IwBT3qdEYILZvTovA+KM7diwV2qH4scTAHn2kG zmWw== Original-Received: by 10.182.64.7 with SMTP id k7mr508932obs.49.1340455083675; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 05:38:03 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.60.24.33 with HTTP; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 05:37:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87395mxmg4.fsf@mithlond.arda> X-Google-Sender-Auth: Uin7V54GKrBwwzQZDbH0VgLs7YA X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 209.85.214.169 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:85391 Archived-At: Hi Teemu, On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Teemu Likonen wrote: > And Emacs is a very light-weight program by today's standards. I think > it was bloated in the 80's. > That might be true when compared with most of the modern gui editors, but Vim seems to be much more effective in being light weight. > From the point of view of code maintenance it might be good idea to have > more code on a (semi-)official package repository. If I maintained an > official Emacs package I'd prefer using my own version control system > etc. and just upload releases to official package archive. This would be a great change IMO. package.el already provides the background for it. Just my 2 cents. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.