From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: current directory Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 08:22:04 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87u020jnvr.fsf@mail.com> <200610190952.48178.help-gnu-emacs@vsbe.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1161367594 18925 80.91.229.2 (20 Oct 2006 18:06:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:06:34 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 20 20:06:34 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GaykT-00012z-99 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:05:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GaykS-0008MW-Oo for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:05:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GanmC-0003mH-EI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 02:22:40 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GanmB-0003kO-OA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 02:22:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GanmB-0003k2-Jq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 02:22:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.20] (helo=nitzan.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GanmB-0001bi-Eo for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 02:22:39 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-84-229-234-60.inter.net.il [84.229.234.60]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id EYS42945 (AUTH halo1); Fri, 20 Oct 2006 08:22:02 +0200 (IST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-reply-to: <200610190952.48178.help-gnu-emacs@vsbe.com> (message from vb on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 09:52:48 -0700) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:38144 Archived-At: > From: vb > Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 09:52:48 -0700 > > well, this is becoming a philosophical issue, but I'll comment on it anyways: > as soon as somebody gets to decide what is good for other people, the other > people are in trouble. Not unless that decision is tested by 20 years of user satisfaction. > Again, I am all for emacs doing whatever whoever thinks is good. But let those > who feel otherwise do what they want - otherwise this is like a communist > society: driving people to their happiness with an iron fist. You are free to modify Emacs to your liking: it's infinitely customizable, and if that isn't enough, the sources are freely available to be hacked as you wish.