From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacsw32 website suggestion [Re: Behavior of M-x and A-x] Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 20:25:27 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1220820087 26931 80.91.229.12 (7 Sep 2008 20:41:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 20:41:27 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 07 22:42:21 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 1KcR5O-0007Nw-MJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:42:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36984 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KcR4P-0005mC-0g for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:41:17 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!panix!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 117 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com Original-X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1220819127 7652 166.84.1.2 (7 Sep 2008 20:25:27 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 20:25:27 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:161982 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:57325 Archived-At: In article , Lennart Borgman (gmail) wrote: >Xah wrote: >> Thanks. Quite complicated i don't understand. That seems c source. > >Just look at the structure. I think you can guess what is going on from >that. > >> there's some suggestion about your emacsw32 site. >> >> • drop the name to just EmacsW32. As opposed to Emacs+EmacsW32. > >Thanks, but I have struggled quite a bit with that one. There has been a >lot of misunderstandings and because of that I prefer Emacs+EmacsW32. > >> • redo the entry page so it's simply a site for EmacsW32, as a pre- >> compiled emacs distro for MS Windows. With this message simple. Then >> links to separate pages about features, source code, explanation of >> patch, on reason to use, change log, etc. > >You mean the page > > http://ourcomments.org/Emacs/Emacs.html > >Yes, it is out of sync so to say now. Thanks. > > > ------- and on sunday, 7sept08: The point is that, when user goes to your site, http://ourcomments.org/Emacs/EmacsW32.html she can immediately get the idea that this is a pre-compiled emacs distro for Windows with ease to use in mind. Then, she can click on the big download button to try it out. If she's a tech geeker, she can easily check whether there's patch she can dowload, or other info. [Need updating? re http://ourcomments.org/Emacs/EmacsW32.html: HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:16:57 GMT Content-Type: text/html Connection: close Server: Apache Last-Modified: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:16:24 GMT ETag: "2496a8a-c7b4-4845b4a8" Content-Length: 51124 ] Aquamac or Carbon Emacs' website are good examples of this approach. nu.emacs.help #166768 (548 + 237 more) From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" [2] Re: Emacsw32 website suggestion [Re: Behavior of M-x and A-x] Date: Tue Aug 12 10:08:25 EDT 2008 Lines: 26 Xah wrote: > Thanks. Quite complicated i don't understand. That seems c source. Just look at the structure. I think you can guess what is going on from that. > there's some suggestion about your emacsw32 site. > > â^@¢ drop the name to just EmacsW32. As opposed to Emacs+EmacsW32. Thanks, but I have struggled quite a bit with that one. There has been a lot of misunderstandings and because of that I prefer Emacs+EmacsW32. > â^@¢ redo the entry page so it's simply a site for EmacsW32, as a pre- > compiled emacs distro for MS Windows. With this message simple. Then > links to separate pages about features, source code, explanation of > patch, on reason to use, change log, etc. You mean the page http://ourcomments.org/Emacs/Emacs.html Yes, it is out of sync so to say now. Thanks. [Yes indeed: re: http://ourcomments.org/Emacs/Emacs.html HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:19:28 GMT Content-Type: text/html Connection: close Server: Apache Last-Modified: Thu, 17 May 2007 02:50:08 GMT ETag: "6d6959-1e69-464bc2e0" Content-Length: 7785 ] That is, are these things ok to use, or do you still have some things that NEED (BADLY NEED) to be done? Thanks, David