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Måns Rullgård wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I will not use a web-forum, ever. I won't stop you setting one up,
but I will not read it, and certainly not post anything there. I just
cannot stand the cumbersome, featureless interfaces of those things.
Mailing lists are perfectly adequate, nicely complemented by the more
direct, informal medium of IRC.
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I have been a participant of this list since July, 1996.<br>
<br>
No spam, no fuss.<br>
And, when I need to look something up, I can easily check the history
of postings on it ..<br>
<br>
For example, since I joined, Jay's first posting, which I still have
here:<br>
Date: 7/11/1996 3:20 PM<br>
Subject: XEmacs 19.14 for Linux/Alpha<br>
<br>
I've built a binary distribution of the latest XEmacs (19.14) for
<br>
Linux/Alpha, and made it available at gatekeeper.dec.com as:
<br>
<br>
pub/DEC/Linux-Alpha/X11/xemacs-19.14-alpha-unknown-linux2.0.0.tgz
<br>
<br>
This was built on an EB164 running Red Hat Linux 3.0.3 and kernel
2.0.0.
<br>
<br>
Note that this archive has <b class="moz-txt-star"><span
class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>only<span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b>
the executable binaries; look for the
<br>
"common" archive for XEmacs 19.14 at <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.xemacs.org">www.xemacs.org</a>,
its home site.
<br>
<br>
The patches necessary were <b class="moz-txt-star"><span
class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>very<span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b>
small and <b class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>very<span
class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b> trivial; I'll try to make
<br>
them available as well.
<br>
<br>
Let me know of any problems...
<br>
<br>
--Jay++
<br>
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Jay A Estabrook Alpha Migration Tools
<br>
Mailstop: TAY1-2 (DTN) 227-4202
<br>
Digital Equipment Corp. (external) (508) 952-4202
<br>
151 Taylor Street enet: <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
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<br>
Littleton, MA 01460-1407 decnet: tallis::jestabro
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<br>
Does that take you back a bit, Jay?<br>
<br>
<span class="moz-smiley-s3"><span> ;-) </span></span><br>
<br>
Frankly, all I see in this discussion is a few "Red Hat haters" and a
few Debian fanatics, trying to stir it up.<br>
<br>
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<font color="blue">With our best regards,</font><br>
<br>
<font color="black">
<i><i>Maurice W. Hilarius Telephone: 01-780-456-9771</i><br>
<i>Hard Data Ltd. FAX: 01-780-456-9772</i><br>
<i>11060 - 166 Avenue <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:email:maurice@harddata.com">email:maurice@harddata.com</a></i><br>
<i>Edmonton, AB, Canada</i><br>
<i> T5X 1Y3</i><br>
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