From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Default of jit-lock-stealth-time Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:39:01 +0200 Message-ID: References: <85tzxazb8r.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87ps7x4clj.fsf@pacem.orebokech.com> <85irdpweuq.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87ejocik1a.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <85hct8ovog.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85fy8riafz.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1172695159 27945 80.91.229.12 (28 Feb 2007 20:39:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:39:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 28 21:39:11 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HMVZu-0005db-3z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:39:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HMVZu-0002q1-Qg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:39:10 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HMVZj-0002pt-J8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:38:59 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HMVZi-0002pT-AW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:38:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HMVZi-0002pM-5E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:38:58 -0500 Original-Received: from romy.inter.net.il ([213.8.233.24]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HMVZf-0003Lj-9w; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:38:55 -0500 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-14-208.inter.net.il [80.230.14.208]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id HGN00377 (AUTH halo1); Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:38:56 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: (message from Richard Stallman on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:27:45 -0500) X-detected-kernel: FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.4) (2) 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:67064 Archived-At: > From: Richard Stallman > CC: dak@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:27:45 -0500 > > One evidence I can offer is the number of discussions between > developers where different people tried many times to convince Richard > to turn font-lock on by default. > > You can't judge anything about most users by looking at the habits > of developers. Habits of developers are irrelevant here: the developers were talking based on habits of mere mortals, not of their own. Anyway, I just described the past, and we cannot change the past. So it's not useful to continue arguing about what did or didn't happen in the past, and why.