No I'm just confused because you are sending out mixed signals. If it is ok to support RealPlayer then it must also be ok to support Emacs integration packages to other proprietary software. These cases are ..., that depends on the details in each case. Emacs will already work with any C++ compiler, through compile.el.
... for an excuse to ridicule the idea of freedom? No I'm just confused because you are sending out mixed signals. If it is ok to support RealPlayer then it must also be ok to support Emacs integration packages to other proprietary software. Like Visual C++ or Adobe Photoshop, Right? If it is not...
Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes: No. There is a difference between invoking mplayer if it is installed, and recommending it. This suggests that there is no real problem regarding EMMS. Ok, I'm glad to hear that :) Regards, -- Lucas
...be skeptical of your advice: you disagree with the message you are trying to help us present. I am sure you are sincere in trying to think about it from our point of view, but your real views will have an effect. this may of course be the case. perhaps i should stress that my advice, as you put it, was mainly intended as a theoretical exercise, an attempt at understanding the issues...
... see this sort of behavior with computers and software. I have come across businesses that would not accept my job application if it wasn't in MS Word format. A few years ago, this was a real problem. Amittedly we now have open office, so its not as bad. However, if MS had got therre way, they would have prevented Open Office (and they certainly made it as difficult as possible for...
... mpg321 (for mp3s), ogg123 (for ogg vorbis) and then mplayer (for pretty much everything else). EMMS does not recommend the use of mplayer. Does the simple fact of allowing users to use mplayer means "encouraging"? No. There is a difference between invoking mplayer if it is installed, and recommending it. This suggests that there is no real problem regarding EMMS.
... reason to be skeptical of your advice: you disagree with the message you are trying to help us present. I am sure you are sincere in trying to think about it from our point of view, but your real views will have an effect. You're not the first person to have offered that advice. I've probably heard it dozens of times. And often it seems to come from people that don't really want what ...
A possible solution would be to write the code for `mplayer' and add a "discouraged and ugly alternative" to use realplayer in case mplayer is not available. Using mplayer is not a solution. mplayer functions to disguise the problem rather than solve it. mplayer is free software though it's legal status (especially for proprietary codecs) The core of mplayer is ...
... -0400 Richard Stallman wrote: Since RealPlayer is non-free software, not respecting...t want to legitimize its use. RealPlayer is very well known, probably having...a package for using Emacs with RealPlayer; I think its main effect ...of Emacs, not encourage installation of RealPlayer. Still, the package ought to ... that people should not use RealPlayer if they want freedom. Most ...
... <rms@gnu.org> writes: Since RealPlayer is non-free software, not respecting...t want to legitimize its use. RealPlayer is very well known, probably having...a package for using Emacs with RealPlayer; I think its main effect will...of Emacs, not encourage installation of RealPlayer. PalmOS is als well known ... the difference between PalmOS and RealPlayer. Both are non-free, proprietary,...
