From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>,
Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>,
20385@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20385: [PATCH] Support curved quotes in doc strings
Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 23:20:54 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5556E1C6.1010204@cs.ucla.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <dd88cc22-97d7-43b4-94e6-4689ac9228bf@default>
Drew Adams wrote:
> How does their reaction to `...' compare with
> their reaction to `M-x', `C-u C-x =', Lisp, and all the rest?
They think Lisp is pretty cool, that control-meta-whatever is a pain, and that
quoting `like this' is something a hidebound greybeard would do.
Although I don't have any formal research, I do have some experience. Over the
past decade my assistants and I have introduced Emacs to an average of about one
new user per day. Most were age 20 or less. Many stop using Emacs soon after
they learn it. I'd like to help improve the retention rate.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-05-16 6:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 100+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-04-20 18:39 bug#20385: [PROPOSED PATCH] Support quoting 'like this' in doc strings Paul Eggert
2015-04-20 19:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-21 0:18 ` Paul Eggert
2015-04-21 0:53 ` Drew Adams
2015-04-21 1:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-21 1:30 ` Drew Adams
2015-04-21 1:58 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-21 3:45 ` Paul Eggert
2015-04-21 14:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-21 18:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-21 18:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-21 19:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-21 19:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-21 20:01 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-22 7:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-22 13:52 ` Drew Adams
2015-04-22 13:59 ` Nicolas Petton
2015-04-22 14:52 ` Drew Adams
2015-04-22 23:36 ` Paul Eggert
2015-04-23 0:23 ` Nicolas Petton
2015-04-23 6:45 ` Paul Eggert
2015-04-23 9:14 ` Nicolas Petton
2015-04-23 10:22 ` Paul Eggert
2015-04-23 11:15 ` Nicolas Petton
2015-04-23 17:32 ` Paul Eggert
2015-04-23 18:23 ` Drew Adams
2015-04-23 19:38 ` Paul Eggert
2015-04-23 20:07 ` Drew Adams
2015-04-23 20:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-23 23:24 ` Paul Eggert
2015-04-24 0:24 ` Drew Adams
2015-04-24 4:47 ` Paul Eggert
2015-04-23 19:47 ` Nicolas Petton
2015-04-23 19:57 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-23 2:19 ` Drew Adams
2015-04-23 6:45 ` Paul Eggert
2015-04-23 14:51 ` Drew Adams
2015-04-23 15:32 ` Drew Adams
2015-04-23 17:11 ` Paul Eggert
2015-04-23 19:55 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-23 20:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-23 20:13 ` Drew Adams
2015-04-24 6:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-24 3:04 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-24 6:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-24 13:43 ` Artur Malabarba
2015-04-21 18:44 ` Nicolas Petton
2015-04-21 20:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-22 0:49 ` Paul Eggert
2015-04-22 23:37 ` Paul Eggert
2015-04-23 6:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-21 18:35 ` Ivan Shmakov
2015-04-21 18:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-21 19:37 ` Ivan Shmakov
2015-04-21 19:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.1406.1429745828.904.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-04-23 12:11 ` Alan Mackenzie
2015-04-23 12:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-23 12:45 ` Alan Mackenzie
2015-04-23 13:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.1407.1429745888.904.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-04-23 12:27 ` Alan Mackenzie
2015-04-23 19:42 ` Paul Eggert
2015-05-13 7:30 ` bug#20385: [PATCH] Support curved quotes " Paul Eggert
2015-05-13 12:16 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-13 15:13 ` Paul Eggert
2015-05-13 22:33 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-14 3:24 ` Paul Eggert
2015-05-14 10:49 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-15 7:49 ` Paul Eggert
2015-05-15 17:24 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-15 18:54 ` Paul Eggert
2015-05-15 19:09 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-15 21:13 ` Paul Eggert
2015-05-15 21:48 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-15 23:52 ` Paul Eggert
2015-05-16 0:08 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-16 0:11 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-16 1:48 ` Paul Eggert
2015-05-16 8:27 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-19 23:27 ` Paul Eggert
2015-05-20 2:22 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-21 7:21 ` Paul Eggert
2015-05-21 10:01 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-21 14:58 ` Paul Eggert
2015-05-22 3:41 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-16 9:51 ` Andreas Schwab
2015-05-16 1:23 ` Drew Adams
2015-05-16 6:20 ` Paul Eggert [this message]
2015-05-16 7:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-14 7:10 ` bug#20385: missing charset for non-ASCII text/x-patch MIME parts in Thunderbird Ivan Shmakov
2015-05-14 7:20 ` bug#20385: Support curved quotes in doc strings Ivan Shmakov
2015-05-14 14:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-14 20:05 ` Ivan Shmakov
2015-05-14 20:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-14 20:30 ` Ivan Shmakov
[not found] ` <87h9rfiqh1.fsf_-_@violet.siamics.net>
2015-05-14 8:28 ` bug#20385: missing charset for non-ASCII text/x-patch MIME parts in Thunderbird Stephen J. Turnbull
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2015-04-20 20:16 ` bug#20385: [PROPOSED PATCH] Support quoting 'like this' in doc strings Drew Adams
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2015-04-23 20:15 ` Drew Adams
2015-04-24 6:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2015-04-24 14:11 ` Drew Adams
2015-04-24 14:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
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