From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.cc-mode.general,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs,gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [simon.marshall@misys.com: Font Lock on-the-fly misfontification in C++] Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:15:25 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20060723142630.GB1433@muc.de> <20060731220419.GF1271@muc.de> <17616.29352.887502.516153@parhasard.net> <85mzanwjct.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <20060803091700.GB1282@muc.de> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1154632556 17267 80.91.229.2 (3 Aug 2006 19:15:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 19:15:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-cc-mode@gnu.org, dak@gnu.org, emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, simon.marshall@misys.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, kehoea@parhasard.net, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca Original-X-From: cc-mode-help-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Thu Aug 03 21:15:53 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: sf-cc-mode-help@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists-outbound.sourceforge.net ([66.35.250.225]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G8ifW-0006yr-OI for sf-cc-mode-help@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Aug 2006 21:15:42 +0200 Original-Received: from sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net (unknown [10.3.1.93]) by sc8-sf-spam2.sourceforge.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AF2416201; Thu, 3 Aug 2006 12:15:42 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G8ifU-0005vt-FC for cc-mode-help@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 03 Aug 2006 12:15:40 -0700 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.44) id 1G8ifT-0002zB-0q for cc-mode-help@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 03 Aug 2006 12:15:40 -0700 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1G8ifF-0003Pa-DF; Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:15:25 -0400 Original-To: Alan Mackenzie In-reply-to: <20060803091700.GB1282@muc.de> (message from Alan Mackenzie on Thu, 3 Aug 2006 10:17:01 +0100) X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. Report problems to http://sf.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=1&atid=200001 X-BeenThere: cc-mode-help@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports, feature requests, and general talk about CC Mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: cc-mode-help-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: cc-mode-help-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.cc-mode.general:3705 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:13280 gmane.emacs.devel:58059 Archived-At: I believe "GNU Emacs" is used mainly for unambiguous identification rather than connecting it with the GNU system - much like "John of Gaunt" is used to clarify which John you're talking about rather than to associate him with the town of Gent in Belgium. Yes, exactly. > For distinguishing the two versions I write "Emacs" and "XEmacs", > because the context shows we are talking about these two variants > of the original GNU Emacs. This leaves a difficulty when there is no context. For example, you might find this in an overview of editors: In an overview of editors there will be a place to provide the context to explain what "Emacs" and "XEmacs" refer to, their history (joint and separate), etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV