Re: Asking me not to work on XEmacs

Looking at the words in my old message, it appears I asked you to work on projects that contribute to Emacs and XEmacs at the same time. That's not the same thing. You seem to be angry at me; perhaps this is a case of seeing what you expect to see. I do see in that message a certain amount of bitterness. If I were writing today, I would try to avoid that tone. That is not an easy task in a situation like this one, but I think I am getting better at it. Last August, Ben Wing thought I asked him to stop working on XEmacs. Actually I did not ask him for anything--I said I wished that things had happened differently, and that he had been working with me on Emacs. It was an expression of regret about our being on opposite sides, an attempt not to be hostile. I was surprised (and disappointed) to learn that Ben interpreted it as just the opposite, but perhaps that was a case of seeing what he expected to see. I didn't say before, and I won't say now, that I have never asked anyone to stop working on XEmacs. My memory is not good enough for me to know that; I can only be sure I have not done so recently. If I did so in the past, I think I should not have. But I won't hang my head in shame, because this is not a horrible crime. In any case, in a situation of rivalry where one side reacts to the other, it is unfair to discuss only my faults and not those of the other side. I won't say more about this now, because I'd prefer to spend the time on something other than counteraccusations. I'd rather we drop the one subject than raise the other.