From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Please install this doc change for me.
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 21:41:45 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1f25Wb-0004sc-OL@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
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diff --git a/doc/emacs/macos.texi b/doc/emacs/macos.texi
index e669eaa..00e52f2 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/macos.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/macos.texi
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ built either without window system support, with X11, or with the
Cocoa interface; this section only applies to the Cocoa build. This
does not support versions before macOS 10.6.
+ GNUstep is free software; MacOS is not. MacOS a non-free operating
+system; that means it denies its users the freedom that every computer
+user deserves. That is an injustice. For your freedom's sake, we
+urge you to switch to a free operating system.
+
+ We support GNU Emacs on proprietary operating systems because
+we hope this taste of freedom will inspire users to escape from them.
+
For various historical and technical reasons, Emacs uses the term
@samp{Nextstep} internally, instead of ``Cocoa'' or ``macOS''; for
instance, most of the commands and variables described in this section
diff --git a/doc/emacs/msdos.texi b/doc/emacs/msdos.texi
index 90f0389..ceb203c 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/msdos.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/msdos.texi
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ manual (@pxref{MS-DOS,,, emacs-xtra, Specialized Emacs Features}).
section (@pxref{MS-DOS}).
@end ifnottex
+ MS-Windows is a non-free operating system; that means it denies its
+users the freedom that every computer user deserves. That is an
+injustice. For your freedom's sake, we urge you to switch to a free
+operating system.
+
+ We support GNU Emacs on these proprietary operating systems because
+we hope this taste of freedom will inspire users to escape from them.
The behavior of Emacs on MS-Windows is reasonably similar to what is
documented in the rest of the manual, including support for long file
--
Dr Richard Stallman
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next reply other threads:[~2018-03-31 1:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-03-31 1:41 Richard Stallman [this message]
2018-03-31 2:13 ` Please install this doc change for me Paul Eggert
2018-03-31 21:27 ` Richard Stallman
2018-04-01 7:17 ` Colin Baxter
2018-04-01 15:03 ` Richard Stallman
2018-04-01 15:21 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2018-04-02 19:38 ` Richard Stallman
2018-04-03 11:57 ` Nicolas Petton
2018-03-31 16:36 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-03-31 16:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-03-31 21:29 ` Richard Stallman
2018-04-01 6:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-04-01 15:03 ` Richard Stallman
2018-04-01 16:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-04-01 19:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-04-02 19:41 ` Richard Stallman
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