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In article <35210@athertn.Atherton.COM> dlw@Atherton.COM (David Williams) writes:
>As for all the anger from the FSF over Apple and look n feel where are the
>hoardes of graphical GNU tools of any form? Isn't emacs/epoch the ONLY tool
>which "runs" in a X Window? Why aren't all the GNU tools packaged with a
>graphical front end? If it isn't important to do it for FSF's own tools
>then why the uproar over tools on a platform that doesn't even have a need
>for Unix based tools? Unless A/UX is where one wants to put these.

Because a "graphical front end" to egrep makes little if no sense
whatsoever.  Because the FSF have better things to do, like finishing
their free OS and C library.  Because many of the people who use GNU
tools have no need or indeed desire for such a "graphical front end"
and thus far no one has ever shown the inclination to write one.

Remember:  the FSF is a corporate member of the LPF.  The LPF opposes
Look&Feel on grounds of general principle, and the FSF tries to
support this in the best way they can.

-GAWollman



Garrett A. Wollman - wollman@emily.uvm.edu

Disclaimer:  I'm not even sure this represents *my* opinion, never
mind UVM's, EMBA's, EMBA-CF's, or indeed anyone else's.