From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Customize buttons that change user's custom fileshouldaskforconfirmation Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 04:44:12 -0500 Message-ID: References: <00e301c509c1$9c761690$0200a8c0@sedrcw11488> <200502152320.j1FNKd310641@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200502172257.j1HMvJN10856@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1108808447 8741 80.91.229.2 (19 Feb 2005 10:20:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 10:20:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: teirllm@dms.auburn.edu, abraham@dina.kvl.dk, lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se, emacs-devel@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, snogglethorpe@gmail.com, drew.adams@oracle.com, miles@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 19 11:20:45 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D2Rj2-0001Fv-Rd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Feb 2005 11:20:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D2RzZ-0002MT-45 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Feb 2005 05:37:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D2RmS-0006ip-H8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Feb 2005 05:24:09 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D2RlE-000620-Tz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Feb 2005 05:22:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D2RlD-0005d9-Gp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Feb 2005 05:22:51 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1D2R9p-0006Er-J4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Feb 2005 04:44:13 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1D2R9o-0002sC-A8; Sat, 19 Feb 2005 04:44:12 -0500 Original-To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) In-reply-to: (storm@cua.dk) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org X-MailScanner-To: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:33624 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:33624 Why don't we simply introduce a "customize-expert" option that is off by default, but can be turned on when the user gains more experience. It might be a good idea, if this allows us to disconnect the goals for convenience for experts from the goals for simplicity for beginners.