From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs as WM Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 15:08:37 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1408129777 14534 80.91.229.3 (15 Aug 2014 19:09:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 19:09:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, maplant2@illinois.edu To: Richard Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 15 21:09:29 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XIMsM-0008El-4B for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 21:09:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33013 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XIMsL-00023M-L7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 15:09:21 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43698) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XIMsB-00021Q-HD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 15:09:19 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XIMs3-0005gS-1j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 15:09:11 -0400 Original-Received: from mercure.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.24.67]:50181) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XIMs2-0005gO-UF; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 15:09:02 -0400 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F22484F4C; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 15:09:02 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from lechon.iro.umontreal.ca (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A5CF1E5B8A; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 15:08:38 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: by lechon.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 0E421B40CD; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 15:08:38 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Fri, 15 Aug 2014 13:48:14 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4.50 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-2.82, requis 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -2.82, MC_TSTLAST 0.00) X-DIRO-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 132.204.24.67 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:173695 Archived-At: > But FWIW I don't see the benefit of having it included in Emacs: > You're thinking of it in terms of convenience for Emacs users. > I'm think of it as a base for attacking Google Drive. I completely fail to see how Rudel can be a substitute for Google Drive. But then I don't know much about Google Drive. Yet any solution based on Emacs sounds like a non-starter, since most GNu/Linux users are not Emacs users. Stefan