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From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Would there be a drawback of using the same graphical toolkit on every platform?
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2022 13:55:24 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YhIeHE2N20Lpuc9N@protected.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <875ypaebhr.fsf@zoho.eu>

* Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> [2022-02-20 01:31]:
> Jean Louis wrote:
> 
> > That means on Unix-like systems. It is better expressed that
> > way. GNU is Not Unix, true, though it is very much
> > Unix-like, such systems are mentioned as Unices if
> > I remember well.
> 
> But that is a formal distinction:
> 
>   A Unix-like (sometimes referred to as UN*X or *nix)
>   operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to
>   a Unix system, although not necessarily conforming to or
>   being certified to any version of the Single UNIX
>   Specification. [1]
> 
> But I don't care about that. And for good reason, because in
> terms of technology a random Linux distribution found on
> DistroWatch.com [2] is as much Unix as anything else.

You can call it as you wish. Majority of people don't even know that
there is operating system inside, they call it computer and that's
it. They need not care as they belong in the group that does not see
or maybe don't want to see distinctions. Though operating system
makers and authors, they know that A is not B.

> I played ice hockey for more than a decade. I didn't wear
> a helmet a single time. But the IIHF says all players should
> wear helmets. That means it wasn't ice hockey, what I took
> part in was an "ice hockey-like sport". See? The absence of
> a helmet _is_ what "breaks" it!

Exactly, those are rules of the game.

You can play a game by not following rules, it will not be
counted. This is because of the agreements between people.


-- 
Jean

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-02-20 10:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 128+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-02-18 20:59 Would there be a drawback of using the same graphical toolkit on every platform? emacsq via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-18 22:23 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-19  3:21 ` emacsq via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-19  3:38   ` Po Lu
2022-02-19  3:44     ` Po Lu
2022-02-19  4:10     ` emacsq
2022-02-19  4:52       ` Po Lu
2022-02-19  6:24         ` emacsq
2022-02-19  6:37           ` Po Lu
2022-02-19 14:57       ` Arthur Miller
2022-02-19 19:20         ` emacsq
2022-02-19 19:37           ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-02-20  1:10         ` Po Lu
2022-02-20 13:46           ` Arthur Miller
2022-02-20 14:00             ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-02-20 17:53               ` Arthur Miller
2022-02-20 18:08                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-02-20 19:34                   ` Arthur Miller
2022-02-21  1:10                     ` Po Lu
2022-02-21  7:01                       ` Po Lu
2022-02-21 16:50                       ` Arthur Miller
2022-02-22  0:50                         ` Po Lu
2022-02-23 11:53                           ` Arthur Miller
2022-02-23 12:03                             ` Po Lu
2022-02-23 18:34                               ` Arthur Miller
2022-02-20 18:32                 ` tomas
2022-02-20 18:57                   ` Arthur Miller
2022-02-20 19:47                     ` tomas
2022-02-21  1:18                       ` Po Lu
2022-02-21  5:58                         ` tomas
2022-02-21  1:13                   ` Po Lu
2022-02-20 14:05             ` Po Lu
2022-02-20 18:40               ` Arthur Miller
2022-02-21  1:02                 ` Po Lu
2022-02-21 19:34                   ` Arthur Miller
2022-02-22  0:55                     ` Po Lu
2022-02-21 13:53               ` Max Brieiev
2022-02-22  0:56                 ` Po Lu
2022-02-22 12:00                   ` Byung-Hee HWANG
2022-02-22 12:02                     ` Po Lu
2022-02-22 12:33                       ` Byung-Hee HWANG
2022-02-22 14:09                         ` Jean Louis
2022-02-22 14:39                           ` Byung-Hee HWANG
2022-02-22 14:05                     ` Jean Louis
2022-02-20 14:12             ` Jean Louis
2022-02-20 16:46               ` Samuel Banya
2022-02-20 13:41     ` Sergey Organov
2022-02-20 13:54       ` Po Lu
2022-02-20 20:11       ` Byung-Hee HWANG
2022-02-19  7:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-02-19  7:38   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-19  8:53     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-02-19  9:09       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-19  9:26         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-02-19 12:04           ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-19 10:01         ` Pankaj Jangid
2022-02-19 13:59           ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-19 17:54         ` Jean Louis
2022-02-19 22:42           ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-20 12:39             ` Jean Louis
2022-02-27  1:20               ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-19 17:51   ` Jean Louis
2022-02-19 17:56     ` Samuel Banya
2022-02-19 18:06       ` DragonFlyBSD Jean Louis
2022-02-19 22:48         ` DragonFlyBSD Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-20 12:17           ` DragonFlyBSD Jean Louis
2022-02-21  5:51             ` DragonFlyBSD Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-21 14:03               ` DragonFlyBSD Jean Louis
2022-02-21 15:22                 ` DragonFlyBSD Samuel Banya
2022-02-21 18:18                   ` DragonFlyBSD Jean Louis
2022-02-26 16:54                     ` DragonFlyBSD Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-26 16:49                   ` DragonFlyBSD Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-26 16:45                 ` DragonFlyBSD Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-27  2:53                   ` DragonFlyBSD Samuel Banya
2022-02-27  2:59                     ` DragonFlyBSD Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-21 19:49               ` DragonFlyBSD Lele Gaifax
2022-02-26 16:55                 ` DragonFlyBSD Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-01 20:33                   ` DragonFlyBSD Lele Gaifax
2022-03-01 22:08                     ` DragonFlyBSD Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-02  7:19                       ` DragonFlyBSD Lele Gaifax
2022-03-02 19:44                         ` DEOL: Declarative Emacs On-Line (was: Re: DragonFlyBSD) Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-03  7:14                           ` DEOL: Declarative Emacs On-Line Lele Gaifax
2022-03-04  2:28                             ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-19 22:44       ` Would there be a drawback of using the same graphical toolkit on every platform? Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-20 12:42         ` Purposes of BSD-like systems Jean Louis
2022-02-20 12:56           ` Po Lu
2022-02-21  4:41           ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-21  9:50             ` andrew
2022-02-26 16:41               ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-21 14:04             ` Jean Louis
2022-02-26 16:39               ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-19 18:08     ` Would there be a drawback of using the same graphical toolkit on every platform? Eli Zaretskii
2022-02-19 19:30       ` Jean Louis
2022-02-19 19:38         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-02-19 22:55           ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-20  0:40           ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-20 12:21           ` Why is GNU not Unix-like system? Jean Louis
2022-02-20 13:00             ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-02-19 19:35       ` Would there be a drawback of using the same graphical toolkit on every platform? Jean Louis
2022-02-19 23:02         ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-19 22:52       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-19 22:29     ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-19 23:50       ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-02-20  0:21         ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-20  0:31           ` Drew Adams
2022-02-20  6:49           ` Yuri Khan
2022-02-20 11:16             ` Jean Louis
2022-02-21  6:31               ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-22 14:11                 ` Lumpers & Splitter Jean Louis
2022-02-27  1:01                   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-20 23:12             ` [External] : Re: Would there be a drawback of using the same graphical toolkit on every platform? Drew Adams
2022-02-21  6:32               ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-21 16:10                 ` Drew Adams
2022-02-27  1:15                   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-22 14:12                 ` Lumpers & Splitter Jean Louis
2022-02-27  0:55                   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-20 11:09           ` [External] : Re: Would there be a drawback of using the same graphical toolkit on every platform? Jean Louis
2022-02-21  6:28             ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-21  6:50               ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-22 14:24                 ` Jean Louis
2022-02-27  1:02                   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-22 14:22               ` Jean Louis
2022-02-27  1:09                 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-27  1:10                 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-27  1:12                 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-20 10:59         ` Jean Louis
2022-02-20 10:55       ` Jean Louis [this message]
2022-02-27  1:22         ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor

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