From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs Date: 17 May 2002 20:20:14 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <87n0uzyqa9.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> References: <200205050534.g455YfF01634@aztec.santafe.edu> <5xbsbumexh.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <200205141941.g4EJfud15293@aztec.santafe.edu> <5xvg9qmgzt.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <200205151927.g4FJRRW26103@rum.cs.yale.edu> <5x3cwr4q7m.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <200205162249.g4GMnLH03933@rum.cs.yale.edu> <5xhel79hkw.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <200205171008.g4HA8x706243@rum.cs.yale.edu> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1021634465 30526 127.0.0.1 (17 May 2002 11:21:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 11:21:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm), "Stefan Monnier" , rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 178fnF-0007wF-00 for ; Fri, 17 May 2002 13:21:05 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 178fzi-0007eo-00 for ; Fri, 17 May 2002 13:33:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 178fnM-0000lY-00; Fri, 17 May 2002 07:21:12 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp02.fields.gol.com ([203.216.5.132]) by fencepost.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 178fmX-0000kB-00; Fri, 17 May 2002 07:20:21 -0400 Original-Received: from tc-2-246.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.25.246] helo=tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp) by smtp02.fields.gol.com with esmtp (Magnetic Fields) id 178fmV-0000gw-00; Fri, 17 May 2002 20:20:19 +0900 Original-Received: by tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7488230AC; Fri, 17 May 2002 20:20:14 +0900 (JST) Original-To: "Stefan Monnier" System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <200205171008.g4HA8x706243@rum.cs.yale.edu> Original-Lines: 17 X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:4053 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:4053 "Stefan Monnier" writes: > I don't find it user-friendly at all to be forced to enter things > in a particular order and to type RET three times to confirm each > part of the command spearately. I agree; I particularly hate many-in-order-prompts types of user interfaces (try `modify-face' for an extreme example). Even if it's desirable to put a prettier face on `grep', I think it should still have the same `feel' -- like a dialog box where you can enter all the parameters and toggle the options in whatever order you want (and only if you need to) and hit GO. -Miles -- "I distrust a research person who is always obviously busy on a task." --Robert Frosch, VP, GM Research