Re: Software/HD ecology

[David Kastrup]

"Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@kemisten.nu> writes:

>    You're preaching to the choir on this list.
> 
> If I was "preaching" to the "choir" then I wouldn't have needed to
> state this fact.

You didn't need to, particularly not in as asinine a manner.  What
makes you think you are responsible for lecturing the rest of this
list about GNU?  Where does your need to play stupid in order to drive
home a point of pedantry arise?  If you suffer from attacks of such
compulsive behavior more often, perhaps you should try to get a
professional opinion.

Sure, RMS can be obsessive about this issue as well, but in contrast
to you he does not play silly games around the issue.  If you really
insist to be annoying, take a hint from him, and be straightforward
about it.  If you feel a need to smug around, chances are that the
matter is not important to you except for showing off.

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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Hi,
I've got a problem during an open file operation. I'm opening a file that=
=20
includes semigraphics chars, like those into the mule-XXXX char set. If t=
he=20
file has been created from emacs, all is right, but if the file is older =
(and=20
not created by emacs) the semigraphics chars are not displayed correctly.=
=20
I've tried to change the input coding system, but I don't know how to tel=
l=20
emacs to use the mule-XXX char set on opening a file.
Can you tell me how to do it?
Thanks

--=20
Luca Ferrari,
fluca1978@libero.it