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Re: Emacs with Guile
Keith Wright <kwright@gis.net> writes:
> Is this a serious question? OK, the answer is: almost always.
> I program robots, who installs a web browser on a robot?
Is this a serious answer? How many people need to telnet in
from a robot?
> They're supposed to be working on the production line, not
> surfing the web.
Then why are they running emacs over telnet? Do the robots
check their email using gnus?
> You got that right. Most Emacs Lisp code has nothing to do
> with the display. What I like to hope is that there will be
> a "standard" Scheme API for a "editable text" or "buffer"
> and a few other ELisp data types so that the same SchemEmacs
> program would work on all the different versions. Then I want
> one version that displays MIME with embeded pictures, one that works
> by speech synthesis for my blind friends, one that works through
> a serial line for when I am hacking with screwdriver and solder,
> one that fits on a boot floppy, and world peace and group sex and
> a proof that P=NP and a big bag of money!
>
> But I guess I'll settle for a cup of herb tea before bed.
I think you need that cup.
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--Per Bothner
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