From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs stackexchange beta site Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 01:26:19 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <874mw5q15w.fsf@debian.uxu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1410996622 3210 80.91.229.3 (17 Sep 2014 23:30:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 23:30:22 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 18 01:30:16 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XUOfw-0000WY-FV for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2014 01:30:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47790 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XUOfw-0008Ms-0A for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 19:30:16 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!news.stack.nl!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 44 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: P0uMB9BthHuWo8+BJXB4Mw.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:tvdg7/YB8Ce5bN4lwSPJ8+/8w+I= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:207718 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:99991 Archived-At: Ian Kelling writes: > Just wanted to share, and bring this up for > discussion. I'm cross posting to a few emacs mailing > lists. > > http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/76571/emacs This calls for a Jean-Luc Picard quote: The moment I have dreaded for nearly six years has finally arrived. The Borg, our most lethal enemy have begun an invasion of the Federation, and this time there may be no stopping them. Personally, I don't like the SX sites. I don't like web interfaces. I don't like the "reputation" system with up- and downvotes: you should know who your seniors are, with them having to look like peacocks or christmas trees. But what I dislike the most is the attitude to "avoid extended discussion", keep that in the chat rooms - I think discussion can be as valuable, and even more so, than one single correct answer. But I acknowledge that the SX are a good resource for solving practical problems. As usual, the key factor is as much the people using the technology as the technology itself. There are lots of good programmers using the SX sites. And the interface, though I personally don't care for it, is undeniably fast. As for Emacs in particular, it is a good idea. It will bring attention to the editor, and beginners will be helped, quickly. Perhaps someone will even make an Emacs interface to it, so you can use it from a terminal Emacs (I once tried with emacs-w3m, but I couldn't get past the human-verification part). Emacs is also a good subject for such a site, since there are so many details you can ask about. -- underground experts united