From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 08:24:46 +0300 Message-ID: References: <87ttzy7pg1.fsf@localhost> <87wn4u6xj0.fsf@yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="10850"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.2.9+54 (af2080d) (2022-11-21) Cc: Po Lu , yantar92@posteo.net, rms@gnu.org, 61325@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Kangas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 17 06:38:34 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 ) id 1pStS6-0002XP-5S for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 17 Feb 2023 06:38:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pStRi-0006hi-KD; Fri, 17 Feb 2023 00:38:14 -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 ) id 1pStRb-0006gm-1W for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Feb 2023 00:38:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pStRa-0000HN-Nx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Feb 2023 00:38:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pStRa-0007xw-99 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Feb 2023 00:38:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Jean Louis Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 05:38:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 61325 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 61325-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B61325.167661227530610 (code B ref 61325); Fri, 17 Feb 2023 05:38:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 61325) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Feb 2023 05:37:55 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38225 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pStRT-0007xe-16 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 17 Feb 2023 00:37:55 -0500 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:60201) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pStRR-0007xU-1I for 61325@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 17 Feb 2023 00:37:53 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:197.239.5.201]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 0000000000055D58.0000000063EF12B2.00001AC6; Thu, 16 Feb 2023 22:37:53 -0700 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:255852 Archived-At: * Stefan Kangas [2023-02-15 18:36]: > Richard Stallman writes: > > > > > 3.15 Exiting Gnus has > > > > > > > > Note: > > > > > > > > Miss Lisa Cannifax, while sitting in English class, felt her feet > > > > go numbly heavy and herself fall into a hazy trance as the boy > > > > sitting behind her drew repeated lines with his pencil across the > > > > back of her plastic chair. > > > > > > > > I am not sure if it is a joke. I only feel confused about what > > > > information this note is trying to convey. Also, at least one other user > > > > find this section insulting. > > > > I can't see what in this a reader might consider insulting. > > I can't see what in this a reader might consider funny. > > I can't make sense of it at all. > > > > Would someone who understands it please explain the joke? > > Since I also couldn't make heads or tails of it, I deleted that > paragraph. I guess if someone thinks it's hilarious, they'll chastise > me publicly, and then they can hopefully also explain what the joke or > even intended meaning of that paragraph is. Why don't you ask Lars. For single person's lack of insight, that shall not be deleted. Especially if you did not live while reading newsgroups. -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns In support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/