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Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs |
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Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:35:04 +0300 |
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On September 29, 2020 7:16:13 AM GMT+03:00, Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> wrote:
> * Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> [2020-09-29 05:33]:
> > > Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 01:03:07 +0300
> > > From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
> > > Cc: alexander.adolf@condition-alpha.com, Drew Adams
> <drew.adams@oracle.com>,
> > > emacs-devel@gnu.org
> > >
> > > > > No, it does not assert that.
> > > >
> > > > > Verb: conflate kun'fleyt
> > > >
> > > > > Add together different elements
> > > > > "The colours conflate well";
> > > > > - blend, flux, mix, commingle, immix, fuse,
> > > > > coalesce, meld, combine, merge
> > > >
> > > > I am surprised. The only meaning I have ever seen
> > > > is to mistakenly identify things that are different.
> > > > If that is not what you meant, then I apologize for the mistake.
> > >
> > > That is why, there shall be function in Emacs to look up words in
> > > dictionaries.
> >
> > You are suggesting that we have "conflate" in our Glossary?
>
> I suggest that there shall be visible, exposed function to lookup
> words in dictionaries.
That could be a useful new feature, but it is a tangent in the context of this
discussion.
Btw, we have a similar functionality built in: try "M-s M-w" after marking a
word or a phrase.
- Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs, (continued)
- Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs, Richard Stallman, 2020/09/26
- RE: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs, Drew Adams, 2020/09/26
- Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs, Richard Stallman, 2020/09/26
- RE: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs, Drew Adams, 2020/09/27
- Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs, Richard Stallman, 2020/09/27
- RE: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs, Drew Adams, 2020/09/28
- Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs, Jean Louis, 2020/09/28
- Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/09/28
- Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs, Stefan Monnier, 2020/09/28
- Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs, Jean Louis, 2020/09/29
- Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs, Jean Louis, 2020/09/29
- Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/09/29
- Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2020/09/29
- Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs, Jean Louis, 2020/09/29
- Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2020/09/29
- Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs, Jean Louis, 2020/09/29
- Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/09/29
- Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs, Juri Linkov, 2020/09/30
- Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/09/30
- Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs, Gregory Heytings, 2020/09/30