From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs as WM Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 17:56:32 +0300 Message-ID: <83d2bwcyu7.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87vbprtbp1.fsf@gmail.com> <87iolqr05k.wl%andres.ramirez@kipuamutay.com> <83mwb1dfmg.fsf@gnu.org> <87bnrha757.wl%andres.ramirez@kipuamutay.com> <87siktp9x3.fsf@gmail.com> <83egwdci46.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1408460226 29456 80.91.229.3 (19 Aug 2014 14:57:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 14:57:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Tom Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 19 16:56:59 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1XJkqI-0005Xt-TX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Aug 2014 16:56:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51529 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XJkqI-0005xn-Js for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Aug 2014 10:56:58 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33691) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XJkq8-0005xO-6P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Aug 2014 10:56:55 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XJkpz-000660-R3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Aug 2014 10:56:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout23.012.net.il ([80.179.55.175]:39829) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XJkpz-00065n-Id for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Aug 2014 10:56:39 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout23.012.net.il by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NAK00I006GT7R00@a-mtaout23.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Aug 2014 17:56:38 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NAK00IL56UD4X60@a-mtaout23.012.net.il>; Tue, 19 Aug 2014 17:56:38 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 X-Received-From: 80.179.55.175 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:173764 Archived-At: > From: Tom > Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 05:58:20 +0000 (UTC) > > So while Office is a very sophisticated product, most users prefer > it because of the simple point and click interface which does > not require much learning to use. The same can be said about Emacs. In fact, our toolbar is much simpler than the MS-Office's "ribbons". So I think users prefer Office because it has capabilities that Emacs doesn't, and not because its "point and click" interface is easier than that of Emacs.