From: <tomas@tuxteam.de>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [External] : Easy way to make Emacs look more "modern"
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 08:13:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YlJ1hlYdSaiZbjB6@tuxteam.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SJ0PR10MB5488AE8A48DA1004B8E0F1E6F3E89@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com>
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On Sat, Apr 09, 2022 at 09:43:19PM +0000, Drew Adams wrote:
[...]
> However, if there's one thing that really
> comes across as old-fashioned, IMO, it's
> talking about something being "modern" or
> more "modern".
>
> That's been the watchword of has-been
> advertising since the middle of the 19th
> century (if not soon after Gutenberg).
:-)
I think the last thing entitled to that attribute
should be Computer Modern, and that is from the
eighties. And only because it's Donald Knuth. And
then, it was a pun on Times Modern from... 1931.
Cheers
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-04-10 6:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-04-09 21:13 Easy way to make Emacs look more "modern" Daniele Nicolodi
2022-04-09 21:25 ` Dmitry Gutov
2022-04-09 21:34 ` Daniele Nicolodi
2022-04-09 21:51 ` Dmitry Gutov
2022-04-09 21:43 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-04-09 21:49 ` Daniele Nicolodi
2022-04-09 21:54 ` Daniele Nicolodi
2022-04-09 22:03 ` Dmitry Gutov
2022-04-10 1:57 ` Drew Adams
2022-04-10 2:41 ` Visuwesh
2022-04-10 6:38 ` Daniele Nicolodi
2022-04-10 6:47 ` Po Lu
2022-04-10 8:04 ` Visuwesh
2022-04-10 6:13 ` tomas [this message]
2022-04-09 23:20 ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-04-10 1:12 ` Po Lu
2022-04-10 13:46 ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-04-10 1:10 ` Po Lu
2022-04-10 6:44 ` Daniele Nicolodi
2022-04-10 6:50 ` Po Lu
2022-04-10 6:58 ` Daniele Nicolodi
2022-04-10 12:24 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-10 12:28 ` Po Lu
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