Path: csiph.com!tncsrv06.tnetconsulting.net!newsfeed.endofthelinebbs.com!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Smith Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Subject: Re: 10, 15 yrs ago this newsgroup was *much* larger. What happened? Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2024 13:20:43 +0100 Organization: BWH Usenet Archive (https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com) Message-ID: References: <8734rhavhm.fsf@gmail.com> <87jzksuokf.fsf@127.0.0.1> <871q51zqvd.fsf@yaxenu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com; logging-data="5887"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blueworldhosting.com" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:umsNtI3ElJPI3ks4j56ar/o1bd8= sha1:NMcvptwhzu55pIKufiQEIAEKeJs= sha256:QjSvxzlMUz09B1S7U85hF9BxUttJuNoZkNpkTBLKdOE= sha1:vBjxvIE/cbkrG/jVMpcZr6xqr+M= sha256:YDUBVUaoeZGF8fMd//+1LmonU3t3HXj5BY93pqNOopI= Xref: csiph.com gnu.emacs.help:60980 1996 Linux It was gathering pace then - becoming noticed. Come 1997 I was on-task - Linux as day-to-day work tool. Used it for writing programs in "C" and compiling running those programs - hours of run-time document production - LaTeX typesetter making graphs, figures (diagrams) etc. Still use unix for same purposes. 20 years been on Mac with osx (a unix) Had install of all unix user programs I like & use - GnuPlot graphing program, etc. Becoming harder now with newer OS-X's Might have to go to a computer with Linux. eg. a Raspberry Pi based computer Do a lot of work in "emacs" the text editor - have its interpretter run functions written in emacs lisp - "elisp". Can do beam calculations and the like. Great working environment. Can write documents and put inline the functions I use with the input values - had answer write itself into the buffer and permanent record of what gave that answer. I also use shell-scripts - often fired-up from "emacs" - so do want to be on a unix. Rich S