From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: IDE Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 16:53:46 -0400 Message-ID: References: <5610207A.2000300@harpegolden.net> <83fv1r3gzp.fsf@gnu.org> <83bncf3f9k.fsf@gnu.org> <5610E0BC.8090902@online.de> <83si5r106e.fsf@gnu.org> <831td9z18h.fsf@gnu.org> <5612E996.7090700@yandex.ru> <83bnc7tavr.fsf@gnu.org> <5618C92A.3040207@yandex.ru> <83a8rrt9ag.fsf@gnu.org> <5618D376.1080700@yandex.ru> <831td3t62e.fsf@gnu.org> <5618E51D.4070800@yandex.ru> <83twpzrp05.fsf@gnu.org> <5618ED93.8000001@yandex.ru> <83lhbbrnn7.fsf@gnu.org> <56191D6B.8040405@yandex.ru> <838u7assvj.fsf@gnu.org> <561A3582.5080806@yandex.ru> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1444596878 19925 80.91.229.3 (11 Oct 2015 20:54:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 20:54:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eliz@gnu.org, adatgyujto@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dmitry Gutov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 11 22:54:27 2015 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 1ZlNdT-0003CS-9Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Oct 2015 22:54:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49727 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZlNdS-0006zz-P3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Oct 2015 16:54:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55028) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZlNcu-0006yf-Ik for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Oct 2015 16:53:53 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZlNct-00044z-P5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Oct 2015 16:53:52 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:51785) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZlNco-00043t-TH; Sun, 11 Oct 2015 16:53:46 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ZlNco-0007kc-4W; Sun, 11 Oct 2015 16:53:46 -0400 In-reply-to: <561A3582.5080806@yandex.ru> (message from Dmitry Gutov on Sun, 11 Oct 2015 13:10:10 +0300) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e 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:191274 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > "Let's unify features X, Y and Z" is not necessarily the standard > practice. It all depends on the exact features and how they are used. I agree with this point. Lots of subtle details of how Emacs commands behave in various situations are convenient for some users. Users have chosen their usage based on those details. A simple and clean scheme to make things uniform can be very elegant, and yet make many users unhappy. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org) Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.