From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Simon Pugnet Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Could Emacs Have a Set-up Wizard? 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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:273815 Archived-At: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --b1_Zm4XtDxcaIe4pV5JDGVevcEkC6yJA9XQZ3Giapc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > [I changed the subject.] Thanks, yes I was wondering if I should do that! >> I'm not sure if this is of interest but I just thought I'd throw this >> into the discussion: >> https://blog.polaris64.net/post/could-emacs-have-a-set-up-wizard/. > > Thanks. Unfortunately, the repository you link in the above blog post > now gives 404. Could you provide a working link? That's strange, it works fine for me. Here's the link just in case there's an issue with my blog: https://github.com/polaris64/emacs_wizard Let me know if you still have issues and I'll look into it. >> I thought about a "wizard" which would help newcomers to choose from a >> set of profiles in a simple manner, and this blog post details a little >> proof-of-concept I came up with. The idea was that it would keep out of >> the way as much as possible so that existing users could easily ignore >> it or disable the entry on the splash screen if necessary, however it >> would still be prominent enough for newcomers to see it. > > This is orthogonal to the discussion about profiles, but I agree that > it's a good idea. > > There is a discussion about it here, and perhaps you can find more in > the archives: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2020-09/msg0= 0601.html Thanks for the link, I'll be sure to read the thread. --b1_Zm4XtDxcaIe4pV5JDGVevcEkC6yJA9XQZ3Giapc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=attachment.sig Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=attachment.sig LS0tLS1CRUdJTiBQR1AgU0lHTkFUVVJFLS0tLS0NCg0KaVFKSUJBRUJDQUF5RmlFRU8vZUYzaFlz QU1qN1RhYjl1aE5acUN3TFB2a0ZBbUV5VnNRVUhITnBiVzl1UUhCdg0KYkdGeWFYTTJOQzV1WlhR QUNna1F1aE5acUN3TFB2bTlHUkFBbmo1SDEzOGxPTFFMTU50WEM0ejVGbDNTdG4yUw0KWmh2NmFV dHhab2NUSkU2dHhFUXYyVEpXWGpZY2tTZk55MHZSaE92NzdpbmkxVXpvNkVoV0V4YUFLMGFGUHRK bA0KU0cvRWswYmhwVDF1T3dyMmw5MVdKRmhadnJtWmloY2hBTU8rcExmelRURkNsRjBFT2R1V3BB WkQ4OTA2bm1CLw0KV1hUMWRTZ2R5QnJsLy81QWF6OWJJZVdjcGk1SUhySnAydFRqcXZYeExuek94 eGdoSUs0QlhqTmRjOTFrZWFsVg0KcHdnanNyN1hhdjd2Tzl6c3g5ZVZ2VnYyK1NaWWcycHlMM2t0 a21rYm1PZVB3QkgvWUVtSU4zQ0xjT2ZJWU9EVA0KTlg5d0FEOVlBQkhJazVrWjIxZXZsZ3FqL2ps VlZHc0hHQjZmQmozNEw0MUE0cUhkdUV5OTRnRmFlak8wMU1zdw0KVW9kYTQ2YVRyeHZzRjkyT2Qx V2hmMTUrV1JHNGVHOVc1UGtiSmE3U2VHUzhjcXJQSXpXQUo4cHNsUWFWamkzZg0KSnJTYTMyZ3I3 SjB3b2dlTUtRM2V4V2hWTVdmWkp1MTBqczBydTZKOUdDWWZCSFppTTJVZHh3MHo0bnJjM0ltdQ0K V09JWWxreTRSaE1rbWFLdEtTM2xGTFgyN041T2VFbmwybndDWHhKc2dtSXN4YzAvbHVCR1RuMGxI cmJOOWdkaw0KcDI2L3AzNHhBZEhQQ2kwa1dQc0FKZ0xDZFY1ODdkaHd4dmpoRUxmOWlDZGF0Z1Bw TE9qWUNHQXdDVXZSekdEWQ0KVWlZOUg5eEVoNHUxeXNRWERrbDBWTGdhUTUxZDIyanZpaW9ZYjhJ aWRFY1BaemtzTFlNNFNIL2NPTFZYV0lJdw0KRDcwb2tQbDdRK0sreXlvPQ0KPXpTUncNCi0tLS0t RU5EIFBHUCBTSUdOQVRVUkUtLS0tLQ== --b1_Zm4XtDxcaIe4pV5JDGVevcEkC6yJA9XQZ3Giapc--