Re: National Language Support Functions

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Juanma Barranquero wrote:
> On 12/30/06, Lennart Borgman (gmail) <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Of course I did not say that. What made you think that?
>
> When asked about your distribution, you used as argument that more
> people downloaded your patched Emacs than the unpatched one. What's
> the purpose of that comment?

To say that people seem to find the patches useful. But I agree with 
your argument that this is not an evidence at all.

> I certainly log off, and I've never lost data that way. Perhaps I'm
> used to exiting Emacs (and other programs) before logging off. That's
> not to say you're not pointing out a real problem (in fact, I've never
> seen your patch, but a priori it seems like a good idea).

I never close any program before shutting down. I hope they all behave 
according to the guidelines.

> I fail to see the flood of complaints about Emacs' use of Alt, too.

You did not notice my complaints? ;-)

Perhaps people do not complain, perhaps they just move on.

> Important. Not a specific goal, AFAICS. I don't think use of alt is
> the only problem in that regard. And remapping of keys for
> accessibility reasons can (and perhaps should) be done outside Emacs,
> with other tools.

Part of the accessibility guidelines is to not put a burdon on those 
that needs the help they should give.

That means that every program should follow them.