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(ibuffer-mode-map): Don't redefine the cursor keys, since that's too annoying. Move the filter groups commands to TAB/backtab.
author Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
date Sat, 09 Oct 2010 17:44:44 +0200
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1 HOW TO MAINTAIN COPYRIGHT YEARS FOR GNU EMACS
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2
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3 Maintaining copyright years is now very simple: every time a new year
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4 rolls around, add that year to every FSF (and AIST) copyright notice.
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6 There's no need to worry about whether an individual file has changed
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7 in a given year - it's sufficient that Emacs as a whole has changed.
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9 For more detailed information on maintaining copyright, see the file
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10 "copyright" in this directory.
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12 The previous policy was more complex, but is now only of historical
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13 interest (see versions of this file from before 2009).
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14
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15 The refcards in etc/refcards can print only the latest copyright year,
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16 but should keep the full list in a comment in the source.
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19 "Our lawyer says it is ok if we add, to each file that has been in Emacs
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20 since Emacs 21 came out in 2001, all the subsequent years[1]. We don't
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21 need to check whether *that file* was changed in those years.
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22 It's sufficient that *Emacs* was changed in those years (and it was!).
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24 For those files that have been added since then, we should add
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25 the year it was added to Emacs, and all subsequent years."
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27 --RMS, 2005-07-13
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29 [1] Note that this includes 2001 - see
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30 <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-pretest-bug/2006-12/msg00119.html>