smileys on fsf emacs

smileys on fsf emacs

[Greg Stark]

Hmm, it should be possible to make a font containing each of the smileys and
use that font to show smileys on the FSF Emacs. The only limitation would be
the multicolourness of some of the smileys. But i can imagine somebody might
be able to hack something using font metrics, zero width characters, and two
character glyphs... Besides, most of them would do ok with just a foreground
and background colour and this would have the benefit of scaling up to match
the size font being used in the document.

I don't know enough about X fonts to do this myself, 
but i might start experimenting if no one else does. 

greg


PS I know RMS doesn't like the term ``FSF Emacs''
   but i can't imagine what else to call it.

'FSF Emacs'

[Richard Pieri]

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>>>>> "GS" == Greg Stark <gsstark@MIT.EDU> writes:

GS> PS I know RMS doesn't like the term ``FSF Emacs''
GS>    but i can't imagine what else to call it.

How about "GNU Emacs".  While XEmacs is technically also "GNU Emacs",
nobody but RMS calls it that.  Thus, no confusion; "GNU Emacs" is code
distributed by the FSF, XEmacs is the "other" flavor :).

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Re: 'FSF Emacs'

[William Perry]

Richard Pieri writes:
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>>>>>> "GS" == Greg Stark <gsstark@MIT.EDU> writes:
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>GS> PS I know RMS doesn't like the term ``FSF Emacs''
>GS>    but i can't imagine what else to call it.
>
>How about "GNU Emacs".  While XEmacs is technically also "GNU Emacs",
>nobody but RMS calls it that.  Thus, no confusion; "GNU Emacs" is code
>distributed by the FSF, XEmacs is the "other" flavor :).

  The official word is:

GNU Emacs == generic branding - XEmacs and Emacs both apply
    Emacs == that version of emacs maintained by RMS and dist. by FSF/GNU
   XEmacs == the cool wizzy one :)
   xemacs == a horrible typo that will cause you to be shot
   Xemacs == a horrible typo that will cause you to be shot

  From the words of RMS hisself from all the flamewars on the xemacs-beta
list and private email.  Wheee fun.

-Bill P.

Re: 'FSF Emacs'

[Richard Pieri]

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>>>>> "WP" == William Perry <wmperry@monolith.spry.com> writes:

WP>    XEmacs == the cool wizzy one :)
WP>    xemacs == a horrible typo that will cause you to be shot
WP>    Xemacs == a horrible typo that will cause you to be shot

What about xEmacs, which I personally have not seen, but just for the
sake of completeness... :)

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Re: smileys on fsf emacs

[Colin Rafferty]

Greg Stark writes:

> [ long explanation of how to hack FSF Emacs to do smileys (a simple
>   process under XEmacs) ]

> PS I know RMS doesn't like the term ``FSF Emacs''
>    but i can't imagine what else to call it.

How about obsolete?

-- 
Colin

Re: smileys on fsf emacs

[William Perry]

Greg Stark writes:

>Hmm, it should be possible to make a font containing each of the smileys
>and use that font to show smileys on the FSF Emacs. The only limitation
>would be the multicolourness of some of the smileys. But i can imagine
>somebody might be able to hack something using font metrics, zero width
>characters, and two character glyphs... Besides, most of them would do ok
>with just a foreground and background colour and this would have the
>benefit of scaling up to match the size font being used in the document.
>
>I don't know enough about X fonts to do this myself, but i might start
>experimenting if no one else does.

  This would be really cool, although I know probably less than you do
about creating an X font.  I can wax poetic about how stupid the whole font
model under X is though. :)

>PS: I know RMS doesn't like the term ``FSF Emacs'' but i can't imagine
>what else to call it.

  Give him full credit, like he wants with Linux/GNU Linux/lignux: eRMSmacs :)

-bill P.