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Re: Proposal for an emacs-humanities mailing list
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Karl Fogel |
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Re: Proposal for an emacs-humanities mailing list |
Date: |
Sun, 29 Nov 2020 19:24:42 -0600 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
On 29 Nov 2020, Paul W. Rankin" via "Emacs development discussions. wrote:
>During EmacsConf 2020 it became clear that there is a sizeable number
>of people who use Emacs outside of a programming context, specifically
>in the Humanities, and there was support for a mailing list dedicated
>to this group.
>
>The benefit of such a list would allow those using Emacs within the
>Humanities a way to become more directly involved with the project
>without committing to the emacs-devel or help-gnu-emacs lists, which
>are much more programming-focused than the average Humanities user may
>be comfortable with or interested in.
>
>I would be happy to administer this list, and could surely bring on
>others of a similar background and interest. (I'm a member of the
>Savannah Emacs group.)
>
>Proposed address:
>emacs-humanities@gnu.org
>
>Proposed description:
>This list is for general discussion and help for using GNU Emacs in
>the Humanities. Participants are assumed to be non-programmers and
>respected as such.
This seems like a useful idea. I looked at
https://savannah.gnu.org/mail/?group=emacs to see how one would request the
creation of a new Emacs-related mailing list, but I didn't find an answer. Do
you already know, or does someone here know how?
Best regards,
-Karl