[Miles Bader <address@hidden>] fancy-splash & GNU systems

[Gerd Moellmann]

(Richard isn't reading emacs-devel).

I tend to agree with what Miles says.  What do you think?

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> Thu, 28 Sep 2000 10:45:55 +0900 (JST)
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> The fancy splash screen is special-cased to say "GNU Emacs is one
> component of a Linux-based GNU system." system-type is `gnu/linux'.
> On other system types, it says nothing.
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> I assume the reason for saying `Linux-based GNU system', rather than
> just `GNU system' is to emphasize the linux/GNU distinction.  But on
> other systems, why not just say "GNU Emacs is one component of a GNU
> system."  After all, it's *always* true, even if that particular
> system's only GNU program is emacs, and it may make people who's only
> exposure to GNU is emacs wonder about the rest of GNU too.
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> -Miles
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