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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
Cc: ding@gnus.org,  bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8050: Gnus does not connect to my IMAP server any more
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:04:32 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wrkx0wsf.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874o81xfng.fsf@lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:16:03 -0600")

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> I *very much* care what goes into that file and want to see the exact
> text.  So find my proposal to accomodate normal and obsessive users
> alike below :)

I think this is like a debugging thing.  Emacs shouldn't be a platform
to debug the applications running in it.  It should just run the
applications.  :-)

As a user, I don't care, and I shouldn't care about what format the
application stores the information in.  So even putting that option in
the prompt gives a bad User eXperience, in my opinion.  It's just
confusing.

Displaying irrelevant info is almost as bad as not displaying info the
user needs.  (Note "user", not "implementer".  :-)

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen



  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-02-18 23:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.12.1297821996.25725.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-02-16 18:29 ` bug#8050: Gnus does not connect to my IMAP server any more Ted Zlatanov
     [not found] ` <874o836dfv.fsf@lifelogs.com>
2011-02-16 21:22   ` Stefan Monnier
2011-02-16 21:34     ` Michael Albinus
2011-02-16 22:08     ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-02-18  0:24       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2011-02-18  2:37         ` Stefan Monnier
2011-02-18  8:19           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2011-02-18 20:16           ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-02-18 22:43             ` Stefan Monnier
2011-02-22 21:51               ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-02-18 23:04             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2011-02-22 22:46               ` Stefan Monnier
     [not found]               ` <mailman.4.1298416010.11499.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-02-22 23:47                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-02-16 21:26   ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-02-16  1:54 Stefan Monnier
2011-02-24  1:03 ` Stefan Monnier
     [not found] ` <mailman.0.1298509609.2066.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-02-24 12:50   ` Ted Zlatanov
     [not found]   ` <87y655bnr4.fsf@lifelogs.com>
2011-02-24 15:22     ` Stefan Monnier
2011-02-24 16:29       ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-02-25  4:29     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
     [not found]     ` <87wrkobutr.fsf@gnus.org>
2011-02-25 11:21       ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-02-25 11:50         ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-05 12:17         ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-02-25 17:27 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-05 20:13 ` Stefan Monnier
     [not found] ` <mailman.17.1299357452.24947.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-07 18:23   ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-07 23:10     ` Stefan Monnier
     [not found]     ` <mailman.2.1299548219.4111.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-08 16:46       ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-08 19:49         ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-08 21:34         ` Stefan Monnier
     [not found]         ` <mailman.12.1299620228.21372.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-08 21:57           ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-09  3:04             ` Stefan Monnier
     [not found]             ` <mailman.4.1299640020.25099.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-09 11:20               ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-09 18:34                 ` Stefan Monnier
     [not found]                 ` <mailman.4.1299703021.13037.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-09 21:34                   ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-10  2:16                     ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-12  3:43                       ` Stefan Monnier
     [not found]                       ` <mailman.1.1299902822.7270.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-12 18:08                         ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-14 13:58                           ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-08 18:33     ` Ted Zlatanov

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