From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: ndame Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: "Why is emacs so square?" Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 04:33:47 +0000 Message-ID: References: <8wXYP4GY9hwW-9mYv6_LGMETZ8Vz3Ob1Bec6yh6kPT7yxjTkxA3V6dXY4ELra9tYiJUxJmgXKSIEX4w8HFiPRoeGVSQHDSoBVy1voj1e3Qo=@protonmail.com> Reply-To: ndame Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="15809"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: "emacs-devel@gnu.org" To: "rms@gnu.org" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 15 08:29:24 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jObY3-00040p-VJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 15 Apr 2020 08:29:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44148 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jObY3-0007Yq-1c for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 15 Apr 2020 02:29:23 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:53517) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jOZkJ-00005d-Fe for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Apr 2020 00:33:56 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jOZkI-0001g3-0k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Apr 2020 00:33:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mail4.protonmail.ch ([185.70.40.27]:41185) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jOZkH-0001dX-Gc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Apr 2020 00:33:53 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=default; t=1586925231; bh=aMIodATwC3uEuzguEerSkitqUtD4LtVXBBHResedgio=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Reply-To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=Vv/LpHoqVm2B4g1JW2aMjMtoG//A/tsMLeqwcNK838Mis1sAQABxIqc1MmYKiI5u8 6jMnQjrmYJzg5B7FWzjqEkBxUoKP+CUlnFz8S2R1v3cPFQortYi9199PDgZmTMjfQw qNS9fhIg6srtcAKI0BAQ+dPG/Nm/cpE6eiiEd4tQ= In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 185.70.40.27 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 02:12:42 -0400 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:246986 Archived-At: > > Perhaps we should implement a mode that puts cosmetics on Emacs > so it will appeal to those who judge by the surface of things. > Visual impression matters. Often when I showed Emacs to people they comment= ed on how dated it looks. If Emacs' appearance can be improved by small things like providing support= for rounded corners then it can be more appealing for people who care abou= t visual appearance.