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Re: why must emacs depend on sound packages?



On Fri, May 01, 2009 at 08:02:09PM EDT, John Hasler wrote:
> jidanni wrote:
> > Why must emacs depend on sound packages?
> 
> I had never noticed that.  Pretty objectionable, I think.  I have no use
> for sound in Emacs.  It should be at most a "Suggests".
> 
> Chris Jones writes:
> > I don't want to turn this into a flamewar, but couldn't you use another
> > editor, like vi, vim, nano, pico or ed?
> 
> I use both Emacs and Vi.
> 
> > ... and there you have it.. I think that the correct answer is that emacs
> > is not an editor..
> 
> Its primary function is editing.  Therefor it is an editor.

Sorry, forgot the smiley.

CJ


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