From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
To: hw <hw@adminart.net>, Phillip Lord <phillip.lord@russet.org.uk>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, spacibba@aol.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Some developement questions
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 12:13:36 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19f783eb-a688-2a69-e209-ea161177c8cb@cs.ucla.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877ek1ql6u.fsf@toy.adminart.net>
hw wrote:
> My first step with 'emacs -q' would be to make the menu fonts larger.
> As much as I like monospace fonts, the typewriter font used for the text
> was *really ugly* even 30 years ago. One look at Emacs with this font
> might turn most people away before they start reading anything.
This matches my perception too, when I show Emacs to students. Emacs starts up
in monospace font and that looks sooooo 1980s. It's like showing them a
medieval manuscript: cool in some sense, but they won't want to spend much of
their working lives using it.
A little bit of marketing would help here. The initial contents of *scratch*,
the mode line, and the minibuffer need not be monospaced, and would all benefit
from a better font.
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2018-08-17 20:49 ` Some developement questions Ergus
2018-08-18 6:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-22 12:34 ` hw
2018-08-22 14:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-22 16:37 ` hw
2018-08-22 17:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-22 22:17 ` hw
2018-08-23 0:20 ` Ergus
2018-08-23 10:50 ` hw
2018-08-23 16:33 ` Ergus
2018-08-23 14:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-23 8:26 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2018-08-23 14:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-24 1:00 ` hw
2018-08-24 9:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-25 0:45 ` Ergus
2018-08-26 12:46 ` hw
2018-08-25 1:31 ` hw
2018-08-25 7:35 ` Alexis
2018-08-25 10:34 ` Ergus
2018-08-25 16:11 ` Radon Rosborough
2018-08-25 16:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-25 20:34 ` Ergus
2018-08-26 2:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-26 1:24 ` Radon Rosborough
2018-08-25 20:50 ` Ergus
2018-08-26 1:33 ` hw
2018-08-26 14:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-26 22:51 ` hw
2018-08-27 14:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-28 20:42 ` hw
2018-08-29 6:59 ` Michael Albinus
2018-08-29 20:10 ` hw
2018-08-31 13:16 ` Michael Albinus
2018-09-01 17:53 ` hw
2018-09-03 13:35 ` Michael Albinus
2018-09-04 14:06 ` hw
2018-08-29 15:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-29 20:52 ` hw
2018-08-29 22:12 ` Filipp Gunbin
2018-08-30 23:49 ` hw
2018-09-03 18:56 ` Filipp Gunbin
2018-09-04 14:16 ` hw
2018-09-04 19:47 ` Filipp Gunbin
2018-09-05 20:36 ` hw
2018-09-06 1:33 ` Michael Heerdegen
2018-09-06 5:16 ` Drew Adams
2018-09-06 5:29 ` Michael Heerdegen
2018-09-06 13:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2018-09-06 14:30 ` Drew Adams
2018-09-07 7:03 ` hw
2018-09-06 13:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-07 7:01 ` hw
2018-09-06 18:15 ` Filipp Gunbin
2018-09-07 7:18 ` hw
2018-09-07 14:10 ` Filipp Gunbin
2018-09-07 21:27 ` hw
2018-09-10 12:29 ` Filipp Gunbin
2018-09-10 18:18 ` hw
2018-09-11 9:51 ` Filipp Gunbin
2018-09-11 20:14 ` hw
2018-09-12 1:18 ` Filipp Gunbin
2018-08-30 2:12 ` Davis Herring
2018-09-01 17:40 ` hw
2018-09-01 19:41 ` Joshua Branson
2018-09-02 15:07 ` hw
2018-09-02 18:23 ` Ergus
2018-09-04 15:21 ` hw
2018-09-04 20:57 ` Ergus
2018-09-05 21:48 ` hw
2018-09-01 22:13 ` Phil Sainty
2018-09-02 15:39 ` hw
2018-09-02 22:01 ` Juri Linkov
2018-09-03 7:30 ` martin rudalics
2018-09-04 15:35 ` hw
2018-09-04 16:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-05 22:21 ` hw
2018-09-03 7:29 ` martin rudalics
2018-09-01 22:30 ` Drew Adams
2018-09-02 16:02 ` hw
2018-09-02 17:50 ` Ergus
2018-08-30 13:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-31 0:40 ` hw
2018-09-01 18:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-02 16:27 ` hw
2018-09-02 17:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-04 15:43 ` hw
2018-09-04 16:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-05 22:40 ` hw
2018-08-30 23:30 ` Radon Rosborough
2018-09-01 18:25 ` hw
2018-09-02 19:05 ` Radon Rosborough
2018-09-02 20:42 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2018-09-03 2:37 ` Radon Rosborough
2018-09-04 15:57 ` hw
2018-08-26 20:41 ` Richard Stallman
2018-08-27 2:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-27 22:51 ` Richard Stallman
2018-08-27 17:11 ` Filipp Gunbin
2018-08-28 3:41 ` Ergus
2018-08-26 13:06 ` hw
2018-08-27 2:18 ` Ergus
2018-08-25 8:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-26 14:25 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-08-26 15:52 ` hw
2018-08-26 16:23 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-08-27 4:59 ` hw
2018-08-27 1:54 ` Ergus
2018-08-27 14:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-28 21:26 ` Richard Stallman
2018-08-29 15:39 ` Phillip Lord
2018-09-01 13:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-02 3:11 ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-02 17:52 ` Ergus
2018-09-04 15:20 ` Phillip Lord
2018-09-04 13:07 ` Phillip Lord
2018-09-05 6:26 ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-06 0:29 ` hw
2018-09-07 6:39 ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-07 8:01 ` hw
2018-09-07 10:26 ` Phil Sainty
2018-09-07 14:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-09-07 14:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-07 16:00 ` Drew Adams
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2018-09-07 16:03 ` Drew Adams
2018-09-07 14:15 ` hw
2018-09-07 15:34 ` Phil Sainty
2018-09-07 21:03 ` hw
2018-09-07 15:52 ` Drew Adams
2018-09-08 5:13 ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-08 13:02 ` hw
2018-09-08 16:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-08 23:23 ` hw
2018-09-09 5:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-10 9:35 ` hw
2018-09-10 12:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-10 19:27 ` hw
2018-09-10 13:52 ` Phillip Lord
2018-09-09 6:07 ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-09 6:07 ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-09 6:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-09 17:18 ` Ergus
2018-09-10 11:59 ` hw
2018-09-10 12:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-10 19:48 ` hw
2018-09-11 7:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-11 20:31 ` hw
2018-09-06 13:59 ` Phillip Lord
2018-09-04 12:58 ` Phillip Lord
2018-09-04 16:30 ` hw
2018-09-04 19:13 ` Paul Eggert [this message]
2018-09-04 20:11 ` Drew Adams
2018-09-04 20:31 ` Paul Eggert
2018-09-06 12:32 ` Phillip Lord
2018-09-06 14:25 ` Drew Adams
2018-09-04 21:14 ` Ergus
2018-09-05 2:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-05 6:29 ` Paul Eggert
2018-09-05 7:59 ` Joost Kremers
2018-09-05 15:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-09 20:07 ` Joost Kremers
2018-09-09 20:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-10 5:16 ` Yuri Khan
2018-09-10 7:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-10 8:26 ` Yuri Khan
2018-09-10 12:06 ` hw
2018-09-10 12:44 ` Michael Albinus
2018-09-10 14:57 ` Yuri Khan
2018-09-10 19:58 ` hw
2018-09-11 6:31 ` Yuri Khan
2018-09-11 20:37 ` hw
2018-09-10 12:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-06 1:11 ` hw
2018-09-06 1:41 ` Ergus
2018-09-07 8:11 ` hw
2018-09-06 12:29 ` Phillip Lord
2018-09-06 14:24 ` Drew Adams
2018-09-06 14:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-07 6:39 ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-07 8:25 ` hw
2018-09-07 9:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-07 13:22 ` hw
2018-09-07 14:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-07 16:34 ` Drew Adams
2018-09-07 21:29 ` hw
2018-09-08 6:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-08 13:12 ` hw
2018-09-08 16:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-10 11:52 ` hw
2018-09-10 12:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-10 20:04 ` hw
2018-09-08 17:00 ` Charles A. Roelli
2018-09-08 23:02 ` Juri Linkov
2018-09-10 6:47 ` hw
2018-09-10 14:13 ` Drew Adams
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2018-09-09 2:09 ` Drew Adams
2018-09-09 23:05 ` Drew Adams
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2018-09-07 21:53 ` hw
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2018-09-06 14:56 ` Drew Adams
2018-09-06 18:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-06 19:27 ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2018-09-06 19:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2018-09-06 23:47 ` Drew Adams
2018-09-07 6:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-07 8:16 ` hw
2018-09-04 20:38 ` Ergus
2018-09-06 12:58 ` Phillip Lord
2018-09-07 8:45 ` hw
2018-09-03 22:15 ` debounce (was: Some developement questions) Juri Linkov
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2018-08-16 13:34 ` Some developement questions Ergus
2018-08-16 14:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-16 14:38 ` Aurélien Aptel
2018-08-16 15:28 ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-16 17:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
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