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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me>
Cc: michael_heerdegen@web.de, 57163@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#57163: completing-read not allow cycling of the options by default
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 19:18:23 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83mtc6kddc.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <-qQFoEYeOk9XtGrbenYCxKUz2BqvVEvFF8l_HqKxq3MGYVe1uxGsefA6PjnOHKZ_VfiNQlPCHafcmCoVvgmYeGCLIGZKttqd2FPRK_1WqPk=@proton.me> (message from uzibalqa on Sun, 14 Aug 2022 16:14:40 +0000)

> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 16:14:40 +0000
> From: uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me>
> Cc: michael_heerdegen@web.de, 57163-done@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > Well, you are supposed to read the entire chapter, not just one
> > section. Reading a single section is for those who know what they are
> > after, and get to the section via the index entries.
> 
> Expecting the reading of entire chapters, and then having to associate
> commands under different headings to different functionalities is a failing
> strategy.

That's the recommended practice of learning about this subject when
you are not familiar with it (as you seem to be).  Reading single
sections in this situation is not a very effective way of learning
about this.





  reply	other threads:[~2022-08-14 16:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-08-12 22:14 bug#57163: completing-read not allow cycling of the options by default uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-13  4:52 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-08-13  6:01   ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-08-13 14:32     ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-13 15:14       ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-08-13 16:09         ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-13 17:21           ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-08-13 18:15             ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-13 18:20               ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-08-13 18:28                 ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-13 18:46                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-08-13 19:31                     ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-14  5:55                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-08-14 16:14                         ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-14 16:18                           ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2022-08-14 16:34                             ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-14 16:51                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-08-14 17:11                                 ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-16  5:24                               ` Jean Louis
2022-08-16  4:48                           ` Jean Louis
2022-08-16  5:07                             ` uzibalqa via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors

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