From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Sending attachments
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:12:57 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <buovdm5wb1i.fsf@dhlpc061.dev.necel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <833a991sf6.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:13:17 +0300")
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> As has been pointed out, message-mode has more features than mail-mode.
>
> Yes. And Gnus has much more features than Rmail. So what? We all do
> agree that much more features means more complexity in setting things
> up. Why impose that on people who are happy with simple modes?
How, exactly, is message-mode an "imposition" on "people who are happy
with simple modes"?
* Its user-interface? [As far as I can tell, message-mode's UI
_isn't_ complex, and indeed is pretty much exactly the same as
mail-mode's (its additional functionality being largely invisible
unless you use it). I've used both many times over the years, and
never noticed anything obviously different (there are random trivial
differences like header-filling whitespace, etc, but those are not
significant -- if they actually bother people, they can easily be
changed).]
* Its resource consumption? [It doesn't seem any slower (which makes
sense, as the great bulk of the extra functionality is only used
with explicitly invoked). It's more code, but doesn't seem horribly
large by emacs standards, and additional memory used by its code
seems small compared to the rest of emacs, and shouldn't be an issue
on any modern system.]
* Is it more buggy? [Never noticed any obvious difference in this respect.]
* Is it missing useful user-customization hooks or settings that
mail-mode has?
* Does it interface badly with some other Emacs code (e.g., rmail)?
Please, please, somebody who asserts that mail-mode is necessary, give
some concrete examples as to _why_. The amount of hand-waving in this
thread is maddening...
-Miles
--
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Thread overview: 167+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-07-01 19:47 Sending attachments Richard Stallman
2009-07-01 19:58 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-07-05 0:06 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-05 21:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-06 3:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-07-11 15:38 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-06 15:04 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-11 15:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-12 10:11 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-13 12:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-14 10:44 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-14 13:10 ` Leo
2009-07-14 13:52 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-07-15 16:45 ` Ted Zlatanov
2009-07-15 18:18 ` Frank Schmitt
2009-07-16 4:42 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-07-16 5:19 ` Jason Rumney
2009-07-16 14:30 ` Ted Zlatanov
2009-07-15 18:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-16 16:17 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-16 18:17 ` Ted Zlatanov
2009-07-17 12:20 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-07-19 0:55 ` Mike Kupfer
2009-07-16 1:10 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-16 5:30 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-07-19 4:37 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-16 14:45 ` Ted Zlatanov
2009-07-17 13:30 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-17 18:05 ` Ted Zlatanov
2009-07-18 17:11 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-18 19:15 ` rfc2047.el dependencies on mm-util.el (was: Sending attachments) Reiner Steib
2009-07-19 4:36 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-19 5:30 ` rfc2047.el dependencies on mm-util.el Stefan Monnier
2009-07-19 23:21 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-20 18:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-20 18:26 ` Bastien
2009-07-20 18:45 ` Chong Yidong
2009-07-21 14:41 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-19 18:10 ` rfc2047.el dependencies on mm-util.el (was: Sending attachments) Eli Zaretskii
2009-07-19 23:22 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-22 21:57 ` Kevin Ryde
2009-07-18 17:11 ` Sending attachments Richard Stallman
2009-07-14 16:17 ` Jonathan Rockway
2009-07-14 18:33 ` Bastien
2009-07-14 18:48 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-16 1:11 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-16 1:12 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-05 22:39 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-07-06 15:05 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-07 9:43 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-07-01 23:34 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-02 19:21 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-03 2:37 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-03 7:44 ` message-mode / mail-mode (was: Sending attachments) Teemu Likonen
2009-07-03 8:43 ` message-mode / mail-mode Miles Bader
2009-07-03 8:55 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-03 9:07 ` Teemu Likonen
2009-07-05 21:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-06 6:45 ` Reiner Steib
2009-07-11 10:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-02 1:01 ` Sending attachments Robert J. Chassell
2009-07-02 13:39 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-02 14:33 ` Jason Rumney
2009-07-02 16:40 ` Reiner Steib
2009-07-03 22:52 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-04 14:39 ` Robert J. Chassell
2009-07-04 15:19 ` Andreas Schwab
2009-07-02 17:26 ` Chong Yidong
2009-07-03 13:47 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-03 14:21 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-07-05 21:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-06 15:05 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-06 16:07 ` Chong Yidong
2009-07-07 10:05 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-07 12:19 ` Andreas Schwab
2009-07-08 0:16 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-08 9:46 ` Andreas Schwab
2009-07-08 18:34 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-08 20:36 ` Reiner Steib
2009-07-09 11:53 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-08 11:41 ` Jason Rumney
2009-07-08 13:41 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-08 14:16 ` Teemu Likonen
2009-07-08 14:27 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-08 14:40 ` Teemu Likonen
2009-07-08 15:09 ` Jason Rumney
2009-07-09 2:47 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-09 11:54 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-09 20:43 ` Reiner Steib
2009-07-10 6:39 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-10 9:02 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-07-10 11:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-07-10 11:55 ` Jason Rumney
2009-07-11 18:30 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-10 12:42 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-07-11 18:29 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-10 9:17 ` Jason Rumney
2009-07-08 19:07 ` Reiner Steib
2009-07-09 11:54 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-09 20:47 ` Reiner Steib
2009-07-08 19:08 ` Reiner Steib
2009-07-07 12:48 ` Jason Rumney
2009-07-06 16:16 ` Glenn Morris
2009-07-07 10:05 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-03 17:37 ` Chong Yidong
2009-07-03 22:52 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-04 15:11 ` Teemu Likonen
2009-07-04 15:54 ` Leo
2009-07-05 14:47 ` Chong Yidong
2009-07-06 20:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-07-07 1:12 ` Miles Bader [this message]
2009-07-07 3:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-07-07 4:54 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-07 19:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-07-11 18:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-11 20:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-07-07 9:43 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-07-07 10:11 ` Richard Riley
2009-07-07 13:53 ` Chong Yidong
2009-07-07 10:05 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-07 13:49 ` Chong Yidong
2009-07-08 0:16 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-10 13:29 ` Chong Yidong
2009-07-11 19:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-15 21:51 ` Reducing Gnus dependencies in message.el (was: Sending attachments) Reiner Steib
2009-07-03 14:21 ` Sending attachments Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-07-04 15:33 ` Chad Brown
2009-07-04 15:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-07-04 17:08 ` Chad Brown
2009-07-05 10:18 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-05 1:40 ` Daniel Pittman
2009-07-05 2:39 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-05 3:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-07-05 3:44 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-05 18:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-07-05 20:44 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-06 3:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-07-06 3:50 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-06 4:54 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-06 20:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-07-06 22:35 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-07 0:59 ` Kenichi Handa
2009-07-07 9:43 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-07-08 0:16 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-11 15:45 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-06 6:37 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-07-06 7:47 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-06 20:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-07-06 14:13 ` Chong Yidong
2009-07-06 20:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-07-07 5:57 ` Giorgos Keramidas
2009-07-06 15:05 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-11 19:08 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-11 19:41 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-07-12 3:05 ` Leo
2009-07-12 3:10 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-13 12:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-15 9:35 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-07-15 11:44 ` Richard Riley
2009-07-15 14:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-05 22:56 ` Chong Yidong
2009-07-06 20:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-07-05 8:01 ` Andreas Schwab
2009-07-05 8:30 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-06 15:05 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-05 20:05 ` Byung-Hee HWANG
2009-07-05 20:22 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
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