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Re: GTK file selector
From: |
Stephen J. Turnbull |
Subject: |
Re: GTK file selector |
Date: |
Sun, 18 Dec 2005 01:22:53 +0900 |
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Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) XEmacs/21.5-b23 (daikon, linux) |
>>>>> "Nick" == Nick Roberts <address@hidden> writes:
Nick> Perhaps you're bitter that XEmacs does seemed to have slowed
Nick> down, but please remember this list is for contributing to
Nick> Emacs development, not to knock it down.
Don't kid yourself. Of course XEmacs developers would like XEmacs to
move faster, but I don't see _active developers_ (like Aidan) terribly
concerned about it. We do feel bad for the users, but then, the users
could turn around and become developers if they wanted something done.
It is definitely arguable that Emacs is losing its appeal for new
users. You may have noticed the presence of a prominent former XEmacs
developer (Hrvoje Niksic) recently on this list. Although he made it
clear that he didn't have time to work around the specific problems he
has with XEmacs, and so has turned to the mainline again, he also
expressed his dismay that even with his customized Emacs environment,
there are still many features missing that come with (say) Eclipse out
of the box. He's not the only one to express such concerns, but he
was the most articulate I can recall.
Whether GNU and/or the Emacs project "should" worry about it is another
matter, but I don't think it's a good idea to put down Aidan because
he worries.
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- Re: GTK file selector, (continued)
- Re: GTK file selector, Stefan Monnier, 2005/12/18
- Re: GTK file selector, Xavier Maillard, 2005/12/19
- Re: GTK file selector, Tom Tromey, 2005/12/18
- Re: GTK file selector, Alfred M\. Szmidt, 2005/12/18
- Re: GTK file selector, Tom Tromey, 2005/12/19
- Re: GTK file selector, Miles Bader, 2005/12/18
- Re: GTK file selector, Eli Zaretskii, 2005/12/17
- Re: GTK file selector, Aidan Kehoe, 2005/12/17
- Re: GTK file selector, Juri Linkov, 2005/12/18
- Re: GTK file selector, Lőrentey Károly, 2005/12/22
- Re: GTK file selector,
Stephen J. Turnbull <=
- Re: GTK file selector, Nick Roberts, 2005/12/18
- Re: GTK file selector, Aidan Kehoe, 2005/12/18
- Re: GTK file selector, David Kastrup, 2005/12/18
- Re: GTK file selector, Aidan Kehoe, 2005/12/18
- Re: GTK file selector, David Kastrup, 2005/12/18
- Re: GTK file selector, David Kastrup, 2005/12/18
- Re: GTK file selector, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2005/12/18
- Re: GTK file selector, David Kastrup, 2005/12/18
- Re: GTK file selector, Eli Zaretskii, 2005/12/18
- Re: GTK file selector, Richard M. Stallman, 2005/12/18