From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: "ç©ä¸¹å°¼ Dan Jacobson" <jidanni@jidanni.org>
Cc: 37627@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#37627: Document how to bypass the Easy Customization interface
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2019 09:21:51 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1iGk0N-0005DV-3G@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87muegjcbk.5.fsf@jidanni.org>
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> However certain older users are bad at using interfaces to set
> variables and just want to set them the old fashioned way by hand
> with setq in their .emacs file. It gives them more feelings of
> control. For them, please see the final section below.
The purpose is a good one, but (speaking as one of those users) I find
it condescending. I suggest these words instead:
Some users prefer to write code in @file{.emacs} to set these
variables, perhaps because they are already accustomed to that method,
or perhaps because they would rather get ``closer to the metal.'' For
instructions, see the final section below.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-10-05 13:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-10-04 23:55 bug#37627: Document how to bypass the Easy Customization interface 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2019-10-05 7:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-10-05 13:21 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2019-10-05 15:10 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2019-10-05 16:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-10-07 6:55 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
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