From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Wiegley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: small Eshell docfix Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:19:02 -0700 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1093994401 24377 80.91.224.253 (31 Aug 2004 23:20:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 23:20:01 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 01 01:19:56 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1C2Huu-0007Ti-00 for ; Wed, 01 Sep 2004 01:19:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C2Hzn-0006AB-KM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 19:24:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C2HzA-0005rs-SF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 19:24:21 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C2Hz7-0005pg-St for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 19:24:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C2Hz7-0005p9-Nw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 19:24:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [66.111.4.30] (helo=frontend1.messagingengine.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C2Hu0-0003t6-7d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 19:19:00 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: 5jbp+dTCVwuUxNCpyDX+/Q 1093994338 Original-Received: from Majnun.local (adsl-68-124-234-218.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [68.124.234.218]) by frontend1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A0C1C14F2E for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 19:18:58 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: by Majnun.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id F1E603CA601; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:19:02 -0700 (PDT) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Tue, 31 Aug 2004 18:07:23 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (darwin) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:26669 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:26669 Richard Stallman writes: > It seems \ is a better default, makes the GNU system more coherent > overall. I think people will get used to the change. I have always thought one of Emacs' best selling points was that it provides a consistent environment across nearly all operating systems. That, at least, was a huge draw for me: I can start up Emacs on Windows, without modification, and lose none of its functionality. The change you are proposing takes the emphasis away from Emacs, and puts it on GNU/Linux. Since we are talking about Emacs, why all the hoopla about GNU/Linux? I chose the defaults I did so that Eshell would behave similarly on all platforms. I ask that you please not change such an excellent design philosophy now. John