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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Call for opinion. Breaking out cmd-* from libar
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Zenaan Harkness |
Subject: |
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Call for opinion. Breaking out cmd-* from libarch |
Date: |
Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:56:03 +1000 |
On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 10:50, Tom Lord wrote:
> > From: Miles Bader <address@hidden>
>
> > On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 04:58:01PM -0700, Tom Lord wrote:
> > > Of course, Emacs is (by very, very far) best. And that's sad (sorry
> > > Miles, RMS, et al.).
>
> > Despite the time I devote to emacs, I agree with you. Emacs has grand
> and
> > noble goals, but the execution is definitely a mere shadow of what it
> could
> > be. However, it's the `least worst' editor out there so far, and I've
> seen
> > so many other attempts fall by the wayside that I'm not holding my
> breath...
>
> Moreover.... viewed from a global perspective, it's completely
> winning, by a lot, compared to everything else.
>
> Sometimes I wonder if RMS + the mule team aren't the most important
> thing to happen over the past 10 years in computing.....
>
> Clear utility is worth more than esoteric beauty, in the short term,
"Utility vs beauty" is almost Ironic, Emacs being a GNU project
<cough>hurd</>.
However freedom always comes above utility for the FSF and RMS.
zen
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Call for opinion. Breaking out cmd-* from libarch, (continued)
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Call for opinion. Breaking out cmd-* from libarch, Tom Lord, 2004/09/12
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Call for opinion. Breaking out cmd-* from libarch, James Blackwell, 2004/09/13
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Call for opinion. Breaking out cmd-* from libarch, Yann Droneaud, 2004/09/13
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Call for opinion. Breaking out cmd-* from libarch, James Blackwell, 2004/09/13
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Call for opinion. Breaking out cmd-* from libarch, Yann Droneaud, 2004/09/13
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Call for opinion. Breaking out cmd-* from libarch, Tom Lord, 2004/09/13
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Call for opinion. Breaking out cmd-* from libarch, Nikolai Weibull, 2004/09/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Call for opinion. Breaking out cmd-* from libarch, Tom Lord, 2004/09/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Call for opinion. Breaking out cmd-* from libarch, Miles Bader, 2004/09/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Call for opinion. Breaking out cmd-* from libarch, Tom Lord, 2004/09/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Call for opinion. Breaking out cmd-* from libarch,
Zenaan Harkness <=
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Call for opinion. Breaking out cmd-* from libarch, Tom Lord, 2004/09/14
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Re: Call for opinion. Breaking out cmd-* from libarch, Nikolai Weibull, 2004/09/15
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Call for opinion. Breaking out cmd-* from libarch, Miles Bader, 2004/09/15
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Call for opinion. Breaking out cmd-* from libarch, Nikolai Weibull, 2004/09/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Call for opinion. Breaking out cmd-* from libarch, Stig Brautaset, 2004/09/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Call for opinion. Breaking out cmd-* from libarch, Zenaan Harkness, 2004/09/14