From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Lennart Borgman" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs's popularity Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:37:14 +0100 Message-ID: References: <2103fd36-c5cd-4e8d-a74f-34697a369934@a26g2000prf.googlegroups.com> <87skop8cc7.fsf@iki.fi> <20081215210907.GB3848@groll.co.za> <87ljuh86il.fsf@iki.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1229416671 7776 80.91.229.12 (16 Dec 2008 08:37:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:37:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: "Richard Riley" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 16 09:38:58 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LCVSA-0006Bm-2e for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:38:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53991 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LCVQy-0008QN-6v for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:37:40 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LCVQd-0008QD-3Z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:37:19 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LCVQa-0008Pn-Vn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:37:17 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57631 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LCVQa-0008Pk-PD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:37:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-fx0-f17.google.com ([209.85.220.17]:35216) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LCVQa-0003jp-95 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:37:16 -0500 Original-Received: by fxm10 with SMTP id 10so789735fxm.18 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:37:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=HS2iSILNlo8CglEhVMMJ3oA79Ik0jITIymxqa0ADZh4=; b=RlG0lIfsRXhoqNUJiiRc4CljFDcBaZ3EMhhhdJEB82McwrKQ5/U0Y5zTBxe+tTZmrr riG/dAFgdJqMPnaDT7XnTWB4lkcgG4gRv7Bp7BvqOGFbquxjv1Ukuoep1bLxOUgXCn+0 TFwlAjhDud2ETvs2BJtukmXREh81sJYnUYscc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=HtdNP1PvgsTOAFJfpP50hY4xOSLw+IzmbkASWS4oRZY1CK/l49sTFpcTa+Q+mDC8ER wVvUqK2KwBvK2z7MfFyzV7OmN1SvM/IOAOh1i1mnIo4fB1gOw+Wtv/mslMehd369XaCH alrlV2lY6cRnwTtTopNmHf5RSqCVvzu2qId9w= Original-Received: by 10.86.95.20 with SMTP id s20mr4380335fgb.39.1229416634197; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:37:14 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.86.74.11 with HTTP; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:37:14 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:60670 Archived-At: On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 2:01 AM, Richard Riley wrote: >> course if you know about Emacs client/server that is not a problem in >> most cases (though someone gave an example with su that would not work >> in this case). > > A strange set up IMO. I'm still not sure why emacs can not be configured > to check for a daemon/server. Having to use emacsclient to connect seems > rather long winded but I'm sure there is a good reason for it. Emacs client starts very quickly. > Sounds nice. Which model? I'm looking for one too. But it'll be a Linux > one for sure. We are not supposed to mention specific brands here. (Ask me privately if you want to.)I am however going to buy one of those with a large keyboard. Currently the largest keyboards on netbooks are about 90% of the full keyboard.