From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Two new Zippy'ism contributions Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:11:15 +0200 Message-ID: References: <17559.3981.585147.420082@chlr6710.ch.intel.com> <87k67aqxj6.fsf@vh213602.truman.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1150967631 25998 80.91.229.2 (22 Jun 2006 09:13:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:13:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 22 11:13:50 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FtLFu-00073q-UO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:13:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FtLFt-0001qi-W3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 05:13:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FtLFg-0001qV-PT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 05:13:28 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FtLFf-0001qJ-31 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 05:13:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FtLFe-0001qG-Tq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 05:13:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.235] (helo=pfepa.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FtLQb-0005Aq-5a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 05:24:45 -0400 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (0x503e2644.bynxx3.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk [80.62.38.68]) by pfepa.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 34A45FAC05D; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:13:15 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: belanger@truman.edu In-Reply-To: <87k67aqxj6.fsf@vh213602.truman.edu> (Jay Belanger's message of "Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:33:01 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:56075 Archived-At: Jay Belanger writes: > storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: > >> Richard Stallman writes: > ... >>> How about if the people who want to replace it set themselves up as a >>> committee to choose the best proposals. They can make another mailing >>> list; then we won't discuss it further on this list. >> >> Any old pinhead fan can just copy the yow.lines file from their existing >> emacs installation into emacs 22. New users will _not_ miss it. > > Because they won't know about it; Exactly! > but they will miss out on a little > bit of texture. (Which, of course, is better than replacing it with > something not very good.) As the new quotations would be free, they are _per definition_ better! Let's greate gnow.el (from yow.el) and gnow.lines (with a few silly remarks to start with), and then gmove yow.el and yow.lines to obsolete/. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk