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Re: How to make Emacs popular again.
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Jean Louis |
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Re: How to make Emacs popular again. |
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Thu, 1 Oct 2020 17:21:56 +0300 |
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* Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> [2020-10-01 07:15]:
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>
> > > Does it have the ability to use a locally stored dictionary? That's
> > > what we should encourage -- not dependence on servers by default.
>
> > Yes, it has ability to access local servers, at my Hyperbola
> > GNU/Linux-libre the package dictd was (probably) so configured to try
> > localhost first.
>
> This design partly assuages the problem but does not eliminate it.
> With this design, referrihg to someone else's server is the natural
> and easy way, and referring to data on your own machine is the hard way.
>
> > On many other GNU/Linux systems, dictionaries can be
> > easier downloaded and installed on local system.
>
> When you do that, can 'dict' refer directly to the local copies?
Yes, it can.
- Re: How to make Emacs popular again., (continued)
- Re: How to make Emacs popular again., Richard Stallman, 2020/10/01
- Re: How to make Emacs popular again., Gregory Heytings, 2020/10/01
- Re: How to make Emacs popular again., Philip K., 2020/10/01
- Re: How to make Emacs popular again., Richard Stallman, 2020/10/01
- dict - Re: How to make Emacs popular again., Jean Louis, 2020/10/02
- Re: dict - Re: How to make Emacs popular again., Richard Stallman, 2020/10/02
- Re: dict - Re: How to make Emacs popular again., Jean Louis, 2020/10/03
- Re: dict - Re: How to make Emacs popular again., Richard Stallman, 2020/10/09
- Re: dict - Re: How to make Emacs popular again., Eli Zaretskii, 2020/10/03
- Re: dict - Re: How to make Emacs popular again., Richard Stallman, 2020/10/09
Re: How to make Emacs popular again.,
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Re: How to make Emacs popular again., Richard Stallman, 2020/10/01
Re: How to make Emacs popular again., Jean Louis, 2020/10/01