Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4e23cd0 4/5: * mail/rmail.el (rmail-show-message-1): When displaying a mime message,

[Richard Stallman]

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  > but the problems Richard
  > and Alan are encountering are soon solved by those who study a little
  > bit, and establish some discipline in performing what they've learned.

Your tendency to belittle people is showing.

  > There's nothing wrong with wanting your tools to be adapted to you, of
  > course, but if you want to cooperate with others, sometimes you need
  > to compromise with the shared tools.

You have found an excuse to be callous about the trouble this
particular tool causes.  Do I see you gloating about it?  I think so.

  >   Hundreds, maybe thousands, of
  > developers have been compromising with Richard's fiats about tools
  > (diff -c, ChangeLogs, Bazaar to name three) for decades.

I was Emacs maintainer for decades on and off, and I am still head of
the GNU Project.  I did, and I still do, make some decisions.

Which diff format to use for submittinmg Emacs patches is up to the
Emacs maintainer.

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