From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: eggert@cs.ucla.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Install C source code for for debugging help
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 09:48:57 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvef016ef6.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83a7apkgn7.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:33:48 +0300")
> What other GNU project installs sources, let alone by default?
> Why should Emacs be different?
Because Emacs provides buttons to jump straight to the source.
I think it is an important feature of Emacs that the source code is
always within easy reach. I feel it makes it "Freer": we don't just
allow the users to have access to the source, we even encourage them to
dig into it.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-09-27 13:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-09-26 20:37 Install C source code for for debugging help Paul Eggert
2019-09-27 5:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-09-27 6:13 ` Paul Eggert
2019-09-27 7:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-09-27 13:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-09-27 13:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-09-27 13:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-09-27 13:48 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2019-09-27 13:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-09-27 14:24 ` Paul Eggert
2019-09-27 14:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-09-28 4:03 ` Paul Eggert
2019-09-27 17:04 ` Noam Postavsky
2019-09-27 22:45 ` Fu Yuan
2019-09-28 0:09 ` Juanma Barranquero
2019-09-28 2:14 ` Michael Rohleder
2019-09-27 15:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-09-28 1:32 ` Richard Stallman
2019-09-28 2:06 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2019-09-27 15:03 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-09-27 15:47 ` David Ringo
2019-09-27 8:37 ` Andreas Schwab
2019-09-27 9:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-09-27 11:58 ` Andreas Schwab
2019-09-27 12:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-09-27 13:45 ` Andreas Schwab
2019-09-27 13:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2019-09-28 18:19 Angelo Graziosi
2019-09-29 6:56 ` Paul Eggert
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