From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gregory Heytings via "Emacs development discussions." Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs as a word processor Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2020 20:56:28 +0000 Message-ID: References: <0E591E8B-FD55-4829-8421-6F2C02AFD20C@mit.edu> Reply-To: Gregory Heytings Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="14107"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Alpine 2.22 (NEB 394 2020-01-19) Cc: "emacs-devel@gnu.org" To: Richard Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 22 21:57:26 2020 Return-path: 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 ) id 1kroik-0003Zx-Nn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 22 Dec 2020 21:57:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41686 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kroij-0002tL-OM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 22 Dec 2020 15:57:25 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:56562) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kroi7-0002HY-LE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Dec 2020 15:56:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mx.sdf.org ([205.166.94.24]:55229) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1krohz-0000qt-1t; Tue, 22 Dec 2020 15:56:43 -0500 Original-Received: from sdf.org (IDENT:ghe@faeroes.freeshell.org [205.166.94.9]) by mx.sdf.org (8.15.2/8.14.5) with ESMTPS id 0BMKuVPh009585 (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256 bits) verified NO); Tue, 22 Dec 2020 20:56:31 GMT Original-Received: (from ghe@localhost) by sdf.org (8.15.2/8.12.8/Submit) id 0BMKvC03024061; Tue, 22 Dec 2020 20:57:12 GMT In-Reply-To: <0E591E8B-FD55-4829-8421-6F2C02AFD20C@mit.edu> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=205.166.94.24; envelope-from=ghe@sdf.org; helo=mx.sdf.org X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:261542 Archived-At: Thanks to all for your reactions. Just to be clear, I do not need and would not use any of those features myself. But I would like to understand / clarify what RMS wants. So here is the list again, with checkboxes: [ ] import / export Microsoft Word files [ ] import / export Open Document Format (.odt) files [ ] import / export RTF files [ ] export to a PDF file [ ] select a font and its size [ ] apply a bold / italic / underline / strikethrough effect [ ] use superscripts / subscripts [ ] apply a left / center / right / justified effect [ ] apply pixel-level fill / justification / indentation effects [ ] change the font color and the background color [ ] create / edit lists (with numbers / letters / bullets) [ ] insert and change tables [ ] insert pictures [ ] define / use / modify styles [ ] print preview / print [ ] use footnotes [ ] use multiple columns [ ] change page headers and footers [ ] operate on sections Richard?