From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: A new filter-based customization interface Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 19:06:27 -0500 Message-ID: <E1tYDP1-0006os-Li@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <HXzNIHgeLxDBXC3FjDSIFOorb4czrMcLaBam7b9ZEpk@localhost.localdomain> <87o70eptze.fsf@> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="36746"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: df0b35e27b55@drmail.in, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=C3=B6rn?= Bidar <bjorn.bidar@thaodan.de> Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 16 01:07:18 2025 Return-path: <emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org> Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from <emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org>) id 1tYDPq-0009QP-18 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 16 Jan 2025 01:07:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from <emacs-devel-bounces@gnu.org>) id 1tYDP5-0001jR-Bu; Wed, 15 Jan 2025 19:06:31 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from <rms@gnu.org>) id 1tYDP3-0001j9-0Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jan 2025 19:06:29 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from <rms@gnu.org>) id 1tYDP2-0001Kz-Ek; Wed, 15 Jan 2025 19:06:28 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=Date:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: mime-version; bh=fFJGap1+xaUmYvOJQtu/RyP6jioc6VD7CoEIlRit9pE=; b=hqRkYAkJLFNM woYy5abmMJtYwxm1a4S35hTMCfXF5A3YgcHNeoVa/2XJCMDwcKuYDN48N9snWNufw9tmZGE4QFvc7 Ue/x8NJMytveQVW5LAqSug9gKCceBlGqmPmwz4O7TnSN5genr1FcaFJZx/yatezL2ciypA+e19hdN pWVmElYewDWSfzY771vqG0AAfeXYzuC14E5iaFMpKPbOnFG7GMkAopetApiBO9Pf727MAjzLXsjZ6 470aGR/vDM3EuQIXTuPHmyHclOsxDrVn90KCqq9YhLBs/cq+UrAWH24luCN2uNR81TIIMw38z/AAI dKHj5kEkmWM4wGTXQLIWjg==; Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from <rms@gnu.org>) id 1tYDP1-0006os-Li; Wed, 15 Jan 2025 19:06:27 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87o70eptze.fsf@> (message from =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=C3=B6rn?= Bidar on Fri, 10 Jan 2025 17:29:57 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." <emacs-devel.gnu.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/options/emacs-devel>, <mailto:emacs-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel> List-Post: <mailto:emacs-devel@gnu.org> List-Help: <mailto:emacs-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel>, <mailto:emacs-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe> Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:328102 Archived-At: <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/328102> [[[ 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. ]]] > Language, terminologies evolve and change over time so do interfaces. > I think it's inevitable that even Emacs has to go with the time > in some shape or form. It is not "inevitable", it is a decision for us to make. People are welcome to suggest specific changes in terminology for Emacs. Then we can look at the specific advanages or disadvantages of the proposed new terms, and we can look at hoe much work he change would make for developers and for existing users. -- Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org) Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org) Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)