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Re: gnuplot (was: Re: zsh outside of Emacs)
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Emanuel Berg |
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Re: gnuplot (was: Re: zsh outside of Emacs) |
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Wed, 11 Feb 2015 04:48:51 +0100 |
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Robert Thorpe <rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com> writes:
>> for fast ASCII-only checks. Speaking of gnuplot, I
>> had to to get gnuplot-mode from MELPA - that was
>> super easy, but why isn't such a basic mode
>> included in vanilla Emacs, to offer font lock,
>> indentation, and invocation? For the few of you who
>> don't know gnuplot
>
> Perhaps because the authors haven't copyright
> assigned it to the FSF? The name "gnuplot" is a
> coincidence, the program and it's authors have
> nothing to do with the GNU project. That's not to
> say it's not a great program, it is.
Do you mean gnuplot-mode has a missing/conflicting
license, or gnuplot has? With gnuplot that should be
OK as there are built-in modes for God knows what
technologies that most likely have licenses all over
the place, including none at all.
--
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- Re: gnuplot (was: Re: zsh outside of Emacs),
Emanuel Berg <=
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