From: Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>
To: Ed Reingold <reingold@emr.cs.iit.edu>
Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Defaulting to fancy diary display
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:36:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xbaihbvj98q7.fsf@cam.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200909031802.n83I2i75021568@emr.cs.iit.edu> (Ed Reingold's message of "Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:02:44 -0500")
On 2009-09-03 19:02 +0100, Ed Reingold wrote:
>> The only advantage of the simple display is that you can edit the
>> diary file directly.
>>
>> I think this is a fundamental advantage. I wish we could implement
>> the other features of fancy diary display while preserving this.
>>
>
> It's no advantage at all; it is a fundamental DISadvantage to have the default
> be the simple file with lines concealed. Of course that is the file you need
> to edit, but what you want to look at in the processed file, ie the fancy
> form. It's like insisting that you only look at the .tex file, never the .pdf
> output. The present setup is (and always was) a dumb decision (not mine!).
Maybe even consider making diary-simple-display obsolete.
--
Leo's Emacs uptime: 1 day, 7 hours, 39 minutes, 29 seconds
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-03 18:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-03 1:07 Defaulting to fancy diary display Glenn Morris
2009-09-03 2:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-09-03 2:38 ` Drew Adams
2009-09-03 3:53 ` Teemu Likonen
2009-09-03 15:05 ` Sean Sieger
2009-09-03 17:16 ` Richard Stallman
2009-09-03 18:02 ` Ed Reingold
2009-09-03 18:36 ` Leo [this message]
2009-09-04 7:51 ` Richard Stallman
2009-09-04 3:03 ` Glenn Morris
2009-09-04 13:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-09-04 17:21 ` Glenn Morris
2009-09-08 16:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-09-05 21:35 ` Richard Stallman
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