GNU bug report logs - #41435
Programming Language Modes (Bug # 1406 ??)

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Message #8 received at 41435 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Andrew Goh <andrewgoh95 <at> yahoo.com.sg>
Cc: 41435 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41435: Programming Language Modes (Bug # 1406 ??)
Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 23:12:04 -0400

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  > I think there is a need to provide a msi installer (for Windows
  > platforms) for various programming languages in GNU Emacs.

Our goal is to replace Windows, not to enhance it.
If we make a GNU package give better support to Windows than to
GNU/Linux, we would be going astray and working to defeat ourselves.

We can support this on Windows if we support it on GNU first.
What would the analogous feature on GNU/Linux be?

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Dr Richard Stallman
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