From: "John Wiegley" <johnw@newartisans.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Issues with emacs
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:57:59 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2a9zp62yg.fsf@newartisans.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: slrnjujef4.2mn.notbob@nbleet.hcc.net
>>>>> notbob <notbob@nothome.com> writes:
> Does emacs REALLY need MORE features!? It's already so complex, now, as to
> seem almost unfathomable to many. What emacs needs is some refining,
> perhaps even some simplification.
Bear in mind that Emacs is layered, with much of that layering in Lisp and
completely optional.
If you built and ran only "temacs" (which gets built when you "make" in the
Emacs build tree), I think that would satisfy every desire you ever had for
Emacs to be simple -- to a fault.
John
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[not found] <mailman.2952.1339986753.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-06-18 3:22 ` Emacs users a dying breed? Pascal J. Bourguignon
2012-06-18 9:32 ` djc
2012-06-18 10:25 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2012-06-18 17:09 ` Ken Goldman
2012-06-21 15:27 ` rusi
2012-06-22 6:19 ` Tom
2012-06-22 8:45 ` Jeremiah Dodds
2012-06-22 9:40 ` Tom
2012-06-22 11:07 ` Bastien
2012-06-22 11:16 ` Andreas Röhler
2012-06-24 23:19 ` James Freer
2012-06-25 7:23 ` give emacs --daemon / emacsclient a try (was: Re: Emacs users a dying breed?) Gregor Zattler
[not found] ` <mailman.3407.1340581002.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-06-25 2:58 ` Emacs for writers (was " rusi
2012-06-25 9:38 ` James Freer
2012-06-26 21:47 ` James Freer
[not found] ` <mailman.3534.1340747277.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-06-27 3:41 ` rusi
2012-06-22 13:13 ` Emacs users a dying breed? Tom
[not found] ` <mailman.3233.1340370922.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-06-22 14:12 ` Jay Belanger
2012-06-22 15:02 ` Tom
[not found] ` <mailman.3245.1340377350.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-06-22 18:25 ` John Bokma
2012-06-22 11:17 ` Jeremiah Dodds
2012-06-22 12:03 ` Andreas Röhler
2012-06-22 12:21 ` Richard Riley
2012-06-22 13:04 ` Jonathan Groll
2012-06-23 11:33 ` Philipp Haselwarter
2012-06-23 12:05 ` Teemu Likonen
2012-06-23 12:35 ` Philipp Haselwarter
2012-06-23 12:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-06-23 13:53 ` S Boucher
2012-06-23 12:37 ` suvayu ali
2012-06-25 19:00 ` Ken Goldman
2012-06-23 14:02 ` S Boucher
2012-06-22 12:46 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2012-06-22 13:27 ` Andreas Röhler
2012-06-22 13:45 ` Doug Lewan
2012-06-22 13:09 ` Tom
2012-07-02 11:36 ` Mihamina Rakotomandimby
2012-06-22 15:08 ` Issues with emacs (was Emacs users a dying breed?) rusi
2012-06-22 15:26 ` Issues with emacs Pascal J. Bourguignon
2012-06-23 2:28 ` rusi
2012-06-23 9:47 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2012-06-22 16:41 ` Issues with emacs (was Emacs users a dying breed?) Drew Adams
2012-06-22 18:01 ` Bastien
2012-06-23 20:04 ` Tom
2012-06-24 11:38 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2012-06-24 14:00 ` Drew Adams
2012-06-25 19:23 ` Ludwig, Mark
[not found] ` <mailman.3361.1340537904.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-06-24 13:52 ` Issues with emacs Pascal J. Bourguignon
[not found] ` <mailman.3330.1340481863.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-06-23 23:49 ` Dan Espen
2012-06-24 1:24 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2012-06-24 2:39 ` ken
2012-06-25 18:02 ` Sivaram Neelakantan
2012-06-26 3:03 ` becoming a developer [was: Re: Issues with emacs] ken
[not found] ` <mailman.3485.1340679833.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-06-26 3:23 ` rusi
[not found] ` <CAPyVhy_fL3KLrNzqOMbg69UqUMAKPmXbbu7gVYQcK+KiML44hA@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <CAJ+Teof7T6qXdztq_Pjh+S8gVXQV-ToYJ6EQrPNYQAumn_aDOA@mail.gmail.com>
2012-06-27 13:38 ` antoine no
2012-06-27 17:44 ` Aurélien Aptel
2012-06-26 12:29 ` becoming a lisp developer Pascal J. Bourguignon
2012-06-27 15:36 ` ken
2012-06-27 16:12 ` PJ Weisberg
[not found] ` <mailman.3561.1340811384.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-06-27 16:09 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
[not found] ` <mailman.3455.1340647361.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-06-25 18:40 ` Issues with emacs notbob
2012-06-25 19:05 ` Glyn Millington
[not found] ` <mailman.3348.1340505598.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-06-24 6:39 ` rusi
2012-06-24 7:01 ` Corentin Henry
2012-06-24 7:55 ` Andreas Röhler
2012-06-24 16:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-06-24 17:38 ` Andreas Röhler
2012-06-24 18:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.3355.1340524541.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-06-24 12:17 ` notbob
2012-06-24 13:24 ` Deniz Dogan
2012-06-24 14:42 ` Yuri Khan
2012-06-24 15:08 ` Gregory Benjamin
2012-06-25 19:26 ` Deniz Dogan
2012-06-24 16:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-06-25 19:25 ` Deniz Dogan
2012-06-24 13:36 ` Richard Riley
[not found] ` <mailman.3362.1340544276.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-06-24 14:03 ` notbob
2012-06-24 16:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-06-24 10:14 ` Rainer M Krug
2012-06-24 14:18 ` Drew Adams
2012-06-24 15:41 ` Rainer M Krug
2012-06-24 16:07 ` Drew Adams
2012-06-24 16:48 ` Rainer M Krug
[not found] ` <mailman.3354.1340521292.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-06-24 12:15 ` notbob
2012-06-24 14:02 ` Drew Adams
2012-06-25 3:54 ` ken
[not found] ` <mailman.3424.1340596458.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-06-25 5:51 ` rusi
2012-06-25 7:45 ` Helmut Eller
2012-06-25 8:57 ` Tom
2012-06-25 21:24 ` Jeremiah Dodds
2012-06-26 5:50 ` Tom
2012-06-26 20:08 ` Jeremiah Dodds
[not found] ` <mailman.3486.1340689846.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-06-26 13:29 ` notbob
2012-06-26 17:47 ` Dustin Hemmerling
2012-06-26 18:13 ` Sivaram Neelakantan
2012-06-26 18:32 ` Richard Riley
2012-06-28 12:14 ` Tom
[not found] ` <mailman.3520.1340735564.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-06-26 19:28 ` notbob
2012-06-26 19:49 ` Ludwig, Mark
2012-06-26 19:52 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2012-06-27 15:49 ` PJ Weisberg
2012-06-28 2:09 ` John Wiegley
[not found] ` <mailman.3523.1340740164.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-06-26 20:13 ` notbob
2012-06-26 23:57 ` John Wiegley [this message]
2012-06-27 9:23 ` temacs Jambunathan K
2012-06-27 14:44 ` temacs Ken Goldman
2012-06-28 2:40 ` temacs John Wiegley
2012-06-28 8:49 ` temacs Bastien
2012-06-29 19:37 ` temacs Ken Goldman
[not found] ` <mailman.3732.1340998682.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-06-30 3:51 ` temacs rusi
2012-06-27 14:44 ` temacs suvayu ali
2012-06-27 16:24 ` temacs Alp Aker
2012-06-27 19:57 ` temacs Ken Goldman
2012-07-05 4:14 ` temacs John Wiegley
2012-07-05 12:46 ` temacs Eli Zaretskii
2012-07-07 16:51 ` temacs John Wiegley
2012-07-07 17:20 ` temacs Eli Zaretskii
2012-06-27 15:48 ` Issues with emacs Stefan Monnier
2012-06-26 3:08 ` rusi
2012-06-26 8:35 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2012-06-27 5:54 ` MBR
2012-06-26 18:03 ` Bug Dout
2012-06-25 2:43 ` Issues with emacs (was Emacs users a dying breed?) Ugly Sean
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