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bug#2051: 23.0.60; task bar tooltip for GNU Emacs group


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: bug#2051: 23.0.60; task bar tooltip for GNU Emacs group
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:00:54 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux)

> On MS Windows, a mouseover on the taskbar group for an Emacs
> session shows this tooltip:
 
> "GNU Emacs for Windows NT/95/98/2000/ME/XP"
 
> I don't use Vista, but I assume Emacs runs on Vista also. And it will
> run on Windows 7 or whatever new comes along. I'd recommend removing
> all of the version info and just using something like this:
 
> "GNU Emacs for MS Windows"
 
> Note the addition of "MS" (or perhaps "Microsoft"), to avoid confusion
> with other meanings of "windows".
 
> Or perhaps just "GNU Emacs" would be best. It's obviously running on
> Windows, and Emacs on Windows is not a different product from Emacs
> generally.
 
Yes, "GNU Emacs" is best.  We don't want to play MS's game of repeating
"MS" or "Microsoft" next to every name.


        Stefan






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