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Re: Emacs Installer for MS Windows
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Emacs Installer for MS Windows |
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25 Aug 2004 09:48:06 +0200 |
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Steven Tamm <address@hidden> writes:
> My point was not to have an adjective, nor as a comparison to XEmacs.
> There is only one Emacs. However, it seems to be a style among many
> applications to group by manufacturer. Either with:
> "C:\program files\Microsoft Office"
> "C:\program files\Microsoft Visual Studio"
> "C:\program files\apache group\apache"
> "C:\program files\Mozilla Firefox"
That's not a grouping by manufacturer (apart from "apache group").
The problem is that those are the proper names: you could not hope to
trademark a generic term like "Office" or "Word" (well, Microsoft is
still keeping up its "Windows" trademark with a somewhat expensive
bully&settle strategy, but that's a bit of an exception).
I'd not expect many people starting to use "Emacs" as a generic term,
however.
> Some people on the list may express a preference to do the same thing
> either with:
> "C:\program files\GNU Emacs" or
> "C:\program files\GNU\Emacs" or
> "C:\program files\Emacs".
That leaves no sensible name for XEmacs. The difference between the
two is not GNU and non-GNU, and "GNU XEmacs" would be seriously
misleading to other people.
> Others may think it's a bad idea.
I do.
> The point was not to distinguish flavours of Emacs; there is only
> one Visual Studio and only one Firefox.
It is their choice how to call their directories.
> It's a stylistic decision that should be made explicitly, as opposed
> to being stumbled upon.
Well, I would not call quoting the Emacs FAQ on this exactly stumbling.
> It seems based on the feedback (or is that smackdown) that
> %PROGRAM_FILES%\Emacs is the location that causes the least
> discomfort.
>
> Right?
Right.
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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
- Re: Emacs Installer for MS Windows, (continued)
- Re: Emacs Installer for MS Windows, Robert Anderson, 2004/08/04
- RE: Emacs Installer for MS Windows, Berndl, Klaus, 2004/08/24
- Re: Emacs Installer for MS Windows, Steven Tamm, 2004/08/24
- Re: Emacs Installer for MS Windows, David Kastrup, 2004/08/24
- Re: Emacs Installer for MS Windows, Steven Tamm, 2004/08/24
- Re: Emacs Installer for MS Windows, Stefan Monnier, 2004/08/24
- Re: Emacs Installer for MS Windows, Steven Tamm, 2004/08/24
- Re: Emacs Installer for MS Windows, Stefan, 2004/08/24
- Re: Emacs Installer for MS Windows, Eli Zaretskii, 2004/08/25
- Re: Emacs Installer for MS Windows,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: Emacs Installer for MS Windows, David Kastrup, 2004/08/24
- Re: Emacs Installer for MS Windows, Lennart Borgman, 2004/08/24
- Re: Emacs Installer for MS Windows, David Kastrup, 2004/08/24
- Re: Emacs Installer for MS Windows, Richard Stallman, 2004/08/25
- Re: Emacs Installer for MS Windows, David Kastrup, 2004/08/25
- Re: Emacs Installer for MS Windows, Richard Stallman, 2004/08/25
- Re: Emacs Installer for MS Windows, David Kastrup, 2004/08/25
- Re: Emacs Installer for MS Windows, Kim F. Storm, 2004/08/26
- Re: Emacs Installer for MS Windows, David Kastrup, 2004/08/26