From: Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: An anonymous IRC user's opinion
Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2024 11:01:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87jzelobag.fsf@dataswamp.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87plodsjsd.fsf@web.de
Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> No. Any software that says that you have to read the manual
> first is doomed to fail for most people.
>
> One of the best features of nano is that the important
> keybindings are shown directly on the screen.
> No documentation needed.
>
> We obviously can't have *no* explanation, but if people have
> to read more than an 80x30 screen of explanations, it's
> too much.
+1 Very much so.
> You miss people who want their editor to look cool.
How it looks is a huge part of it.
And it is not just superficial. We have trained eyes. If it
looks good, it is good. This is like ...
decoded automatically.
So it should be good, and this should be reflected in that it
also looks good.
But you can also put some extra effort to make it look even
better :)
--
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https://dataswamp.org/~incal
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-10-06 9:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 118+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-10-06 7:32 An anonymous IRC user's opinion Abraham S.A.H. via Emacs development discussions.
2024-10-06 8:10 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-10-06 8:44 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-10-06 9:01 ` Emanuel Berg [this message]
2024-10-06 9:09 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-10-06 9:32 ` Abraham S.A.H. via Emacs development discussions.
2024-10-06 11:28 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-10-06 13:10 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-10-06 12:55 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-10-09 3:29 ` Richard Stallman
2024-10-09 20:20 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-10-10 8:57 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-10-09 3:30 ` Richard Stallman
2024-10-09 6:48 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-10-09 20:22 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-10-09 11:09 ` Johan Myréen
2024-10-09 13:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-10-09 13:38 ` tomas
2024-10-09 16:02 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-10-09 16:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-10-09 21:55 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-10-10 7:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-10-10 9:35 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-10-10 10:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-10-13 3:29 ` Richard Stallman
2024-10-10 6:07 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-10-09 16:06 ` Johan Myréen
2024-10-09 16:12 ` Ship Mints
2024-10-09 16:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-10-09 21:25 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-10-10 4:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-10-10 5:14 ` Xiyue Deng
2024-10-10 6:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-10-10 6:59 ` Xiyue Deng
2024-10-11 20:30 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-10-12 7:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-10-12 20:27 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-10-12 21:00 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-10-13 4:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-10-13 6:28 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-10-13 4:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-10-13 9:37 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-10-13 10:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-10-13 15:31 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-10-13 15:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-10-14 9:32 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-10-14 11:09 ` Alan Mackenzie
2024-10-15 1:41 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-10-14 14:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-10-15 1:36 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-10-15 12:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-11-03 3:10 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-11-03 6:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-11-03 19:24 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-11-04 12:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-11-04 12:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-11-04 17:41 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-11-04 19:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-11-04 20:59 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-11-05 12:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-11-05 17:05 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-11-05 17:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-11-05 19:40 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-11-05 19:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-11-05 20:59 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-11-06 12:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-11-06 12:46 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-11-06 13:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-11-06 16:07 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-11-06 17:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-11-19 2:44 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-11-05 13:21 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-11-05 13:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-11-05 16:52 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-11-05 17:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-11-05 17:49 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-11-05 19:23 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-11-06 0:09 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-11-06 9:35 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-11-06 9:59 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-11-07 14:16 ` Automatic Suggestion of Packages Philip Kaludercic
2024-11-07 16:07 ` Visuwesh
2024-11-07 21:50 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-11-08 4:15 ` Visuwesh
2024-11-08 4:29 ` Visuwesh
2024-11-08 14:02 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-11-08 15:44 ` Visuwesh
2024-11-08 16:23 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-11-11 20:07 ` Mekeor Melire
2024-11-12 3:00 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-10-13 10:52 ` An anonymous IRC user's opinion Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-10-10 13:58 ` Richard Stallman
2024-10-10 14:45 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-10-12 3:19 ` Richard Stallman
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2024-10-06 5:31 Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2024-10-06 6:04 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-10-06 9:06 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-10-06 9:10 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-10-06 10:31 ` Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2024-10-07 21:17 ` John ff
2024-10-13 3:29 ` Richard Stallman
2024-10-01 20:09 Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
2024-10-04 16:25 ` Eduardo Ochs
2024-10-04 18:10 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-10-04 18:30 ` Eduardo Ochs
2024-10-04 19:24 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-10-04 20:37 ` Eduardo Ochs
2024-10-05 8:41 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-10-05 12:57 ` Eduardo Ochs
2024-10-05 13:21 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-10-05 15:57 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-10-09 3:30 ` Richard Stallman
2024-10-09 7:04 ` Eduardo Ochs
2024-10-07 3:54 ` Richard Stallman
2024-10-07 4:14 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-10-07 14:27 ` Ship Mints
2024-10-07 14:46 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-10-07 10:31 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2024-10-10 0:22 ` chad
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