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: RFC: Flavors - naming significant sets of customizations Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 04:28:15 +0100 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <877gbqin4n.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> References: <9fc6b1ae-7cbd-4a17-a9a0-f4af42969312@googlegroups.com> <5592550c-72f1-4e9b-93db-dc7f95742d27@googlegroups.com> <874n6vx2aq.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> <877gbrj840.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> <5fadd48f-9068-49be-9b90-cb1929df524d@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1385782211 10538 80.91.229.3 (30 Nov 2013 03:30:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 03:30:11 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 30 04:30:18 2013 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 1VmbG6-00022F-99 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Nov 2013 04:30:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50782 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VmbG5-0006NF-F5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Nov 2013 22:30:17 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!rt.uk.eu.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 30 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: VVbyYd/iFZoeWNmD9i++cQ.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:lh9AJg3SqAw6Yfxxnc5oOVBcFWM= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:202469 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:94738 Archived-At: Rustom Mody writes: > It makes sense because of a basic principle of > psychology: Tell people (about) what interests them > and you attract them. Tell people what interests you > and you bore them. [Remember your experience with > writing letters to Linux Mag?] > > Which is why (something like) Jambunathan's list is > useful: Tell someone "emacs is the most super-duper > all-powerful editor" and they blink: Why should I > want a super-duper all-powerful editor? Show them > how to solve their current problem and they will be > all ears. So this is just a PR-stunt to attract newcomers? Phew, what a relief :) As for me, I gave up changing other people years ago. I never succeeded anyway. It is much better to focus on what *you* believe in because that will never fail. Every minimal piece of progress will be: a minimal piece of progress. But this: what if you spend 5 years setting up all kinds of "suites" and they never attract more than a handful people? That could happen. Oh no. With *time*, I'm not a gambler. -- Emanuel Berg, programmer-for-rent. CV, projects, etc at uXu underground experts united: http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573