GNU bug report logs - #47529
Make quoted entities stand out more in info

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: scame <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2021 19:53:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Merged with 20721

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: scame <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: 47529 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#47529: Make quoted entities stand out more in info
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2021 21:57:43 +0300
> Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2021 18:41:10 +0000
> From: scame <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>
> Cc: "47529 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <47529 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> 
> > I'm skeptical because the likes of Spacemacs and Doom Emacs already
> > exist to fill that niche.
> 
> Are those variants recommended on the Gnu Emacs homepage?

Does it matter?  You are seriously suggesting that people are
following our recommendations, and our recommendations only?

> If not then barebones Emacs should also offer an appealing
> experience in case a new user goes there from google.

We'd love to, but I don't think we can, given our relatively slow
release cycle and the low rate of changing long-standing defaults.




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