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Re: Sub or dom ; does it really matter?

From Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere>
Newsgroups alt.folklore.computers
Subject Re: Sub or dom ; does it really matter?
Date 2021-10-07 16:52 -0300
Organization Bridgewater Institute for Advanced Study - Blacksmith Shop
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Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> writes:

> Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> writes:
> 
>> 711 Spooky Mart <711@spooky.mart> writes:
>>
>>> Are you using Gnus/Emacs? If so the Emacs wiki says:
>>> 
>>> "Auto-detection of UTF-8 is effectively disabled by default in GNU Emacs
>>> 21.3 and below.
>>
>> Emacs 20.7. Just  so.
> 
> Where did you did that up...
> 
> GNU Emacs 27.1

Off-and-on Unix user from '89, tried to install slackware from
floppies in mid 90s, got lost in the mess.  Fail.

In 1999 I bought a Great Fat Book with two Linux CDs in it: Caldera
and RedHat.  Installed Caldera.  It came up with XEmacs default.  Gak!
Hastily downloaded and compiled then-current GNU Emacs -- 20.7.

With a working Linux up, as soon as I figured out how to do it,
switched to Slackware 8.0.

Since then, with each new update of Slackware, there's a new Emacs
version.  I install it, spend several hours trying to make annoying
features go away or revert to previous behavior.  Get fed up and
replace it with the 20.7 binary compiled in 1999.  Rinse & repeat each
time a new Emacs comes along.

I can't recall all the annoyances off the top of my head.  The ones
that come to mind:

  + Changed behavior of the prompt in shell-mode

  + Emacs wants to convert 30 years' accumulation of BABYL email &
    news files to mbox format.

  + Colorization/standout mode.  Colors chosen by Emacs conflict
    with X colors I choose for Emacs windows, making (for example) the
    minibuffer unreadable.

  + Numerous others I forget.

Well, you asked.

> ... and why should we consider that relevant?

Not relevant to Spooky's bloated binary .sig itself.  Relevant
response to Spooky's quoted line, confessiong that h{is,er}
surmise about what {s}he regards as my antidiluvian technology is
correct. 


-- 
Mike Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada

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      Re: Top or bottom posting; does it really matter? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2021-09-26 23:54 -0600
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          Re: Top or bottom posting; does it really matter? Charles Richmond <codescott@aquaporin4.com> - 2021-09-28 01:04 -0500
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      Re: Top or bottom posting; does it really matter? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-09-27 11:03 +0100
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        Re: Top or bottom posting; does it really matter? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2021-09-29 17:10 -0500
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            Re: Top or bottom posting; does it really matter? D.J. <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2021-09-30 10:07 -0500
            Re: Top or bottom posting; does it really matter? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2021-09-30 10:23 -0500
  Re: Top or bottom posting; does it really matter? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-09-27 15:35 -0400
    Re: Top or bottom posting; does it really matter? gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2021-09-27 21:34 +0100
      Re: Top or bottom posting; does it really matter? D.J. <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2021-09-27 18:24 -0500
        Re: Top or bottom posting; does it really matter? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-09-27 21:45 -0400
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            Re: Top or bottom posting; does it really matter? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-09-28 18:33 +0100
              Re: Top or bottom posting; does it really matter? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-09-28 18:16 +0000
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                Re: Top or bottom posting; does it really matter? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2021-09-28 16:39 -0700
                Re: Top or bottom posting; does it really matter? Charles Richmond <codescott@aquaporin4.com> - 2021-09-29 12:03 -0500
                Re: Top or bottom posting; does it really matter? 711 Spooky Mart <711@spooky.mart> - 2021-09-30 23:11 -0500
                Re: Sub or dom ; does it really matter? 711 Spooky Mart <711@spooky.mart> - 2021-09-30 23:17 -0500
                Re: Sub or dom ; does it really matter? usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2021-10-01 18:57 +0000
                Re: Sub or dom ; does it really matter? 711 Spooky Mart <711@spooky.mart> - 2021-10-06 02:11 -0500
                Re: Sub or dom ; does it really matter? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2021-10-06 14:22 -0300
                Re: Sub or dom ; does it really matter? 711 Spooky Mart <711@spooky.mart> - 2021-10-07 00:31 -0500
                Re: Sub or dom ; does it really matter? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2021-10-07 14:33 -0300
                Re: Sub or dom ; does it really matter? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2021-10-07 13:49 -0400
                Re: Sub or dom ; does it really matter? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2021-10-07 16:52 -0300
                Re: Sub or dom ; does it really matter? Branimir Maksimovic <branimir.maksimovic@icloud.com> - 2021-10-07 20:13 +0000
                Re: Sub or dom ; does it really matter? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2021-10-07 18:54 -0400
                Re: Sub or dom ; does it really matter? Branimir Maksimovic <branimir.maksimovic@icloud.com> - 2021-10-07 23:50 +0000
                Re: Sub or dom ; does it really matter? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-10-07 20:12 -0400
                Re: Sub or dom ; does it really matter? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2021-10-07 20:24 -0400
                Re: Sub or dom ; does it really matter? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-10-08 08:09 -0400
                Re: Sub or dom ; does it really matter? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2021-10-08 13:13 -0400
                Re: Sub or dom ; does it really matter? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-10-08 14:53 -0400
                Re: Sub or dom ; does it really matter? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2021-10-08 19:47 -0400
                Re: Sub or dom ; does it really matter? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-10-09 13:03 -0400
                Re: Sub or dom ; does it really matter? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2021-10-09 20:56 -0400
                Re: Sub or dom ; does it really matter? usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2021-10-09 05:48 +0000
                Re: Sub or dom ; does it really matter? 711 Spooky Mart <711@spooky.mart> - 2021-10-12 10:26 -0500
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