From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Enhancements to options menu (was Re: Reveal mode) Date: 03 May 2002 20:39:35 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200204302119.g3ULJAP06813@aztec.santafe.edu> <5xznzj30j0.fsf_-_@kfs2.cua.dk> <200205031825.g43IP3e00651@aztec.santafe.edu> <5xwuuk6b4q.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1020472935 9174 127.0.0.1 (4 May 2002 00:42:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 00:42:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, Pavel@Janik.cz, 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 173nct-0002Nr-00 for ; Sat, 04 May 2002 02:42:15 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 173nip-0008Uo-00 for ; Sat, 04 May 2002 02:48:24 +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 173nck-0002dk-00; Fri, 03 May 2002 20:42:06 -0400 Original-Received: from colo.agora-net.com ([207.245.85.68]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 173naU-0002Lm-00; Fri, 03 May 2002 20:39:46 -0400 Original-Received: from ttn by colo.agora-net.com with local (Exim 3.34 #1) id 173naJ-0005eA-00; Fri, 03 May 2002 20:39:35 -0400 Original-To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) In-Reply-To: storm@cua.dk's message of "04 May 2002 01:54:13 +0200" Original-Lines: 19 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 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:3557 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:3557 storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: Maybe we could create a "preferences" page which contains toggles for, say, 25 commonly used options, and also a link to the customize group for that option. That would allow novice users to quickly get to some of the more advanced options of emacs. here's another idea: w/ support from a "graphical expect" framework and some magicpoint generation macros, someone could write a demo (in elisp) and link it to the customize (or other) preference-setting interfaces. i imagine arrows dancing around the screen, some question like "these are fringes -- do you belong to the minimalist school of thought; i.e., would you prefer to remove them?", a small button "no", and a HUGE button "yes please oh yes what were the emacs hackers thinking?!".... (ok, it's probably evident user interface design is not my forte. ;-) thi