From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Updating the homepage Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:41:36 +0200 Message-ID: <85aby12bfj.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1174862513 29291 80.91.229.12 (25 Mar 2007 22:41:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:41:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 26 00:41:46 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HVbPF-00089M-Kf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:41:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HVbRP-0004eW-U9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 17:43:59 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HVbRN-0004eQ-6H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:43:57 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HVbRK-0004eE-Vs for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:43:56 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HVbRK-0004eB-Nk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 17:43:54 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-in-05.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.45]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HVbP9-0004nS-8m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:41:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-in-04-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-04-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.16]) by mail-in-05.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5D671BB2B4; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:41:37 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail-in-07.arcor-online.net (mail-in-07.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.47]) by mail-in-04-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BB8AABF65; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:41:37 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from lola.goethe.zz (dslb-084-061-062-152.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.61.62.152]) by mail-in-07.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87DE928ABA9; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:41:37 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 01B561C4F93F; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:41:36 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Sun\, 25 Mar 2007 07\:21\:35 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.96 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:68550 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: > Just a thought. If you disagree, please ignore: > >> | * Links can be followed with `mouse-1'. > > By default, links can be followed with `mouse-1', in addition to `mouse-2'. > > (That's the first thing I turn off. Let users know mouse-1 is an option.) > >> | * Many new modes and packages have been included in Emacs, such as >> | Calc, TRAMP, URL, IDO, CUA, ERC, rcirc, Table, Tumme, SES, >> | Ruler, Org, PGG, Flymake, Password, Printing, Reveal, wdired, >> | t-mouse, longlines, savehist, Conf mode, Python mode, DNS mode, >> | etc. > > Perhaps mention some of these? Don't know if they are worth mentioning: > > TRAMP has replaced ange-ftp? It hasn't. > apropos has been enhanced (lets you use keywords)? > You can sort columns in the buffer list? Those are detail changes, not really fundamental. > You can use incremental search across multiple Info nodes? Somewhat more relevant, but still quite a small detail. If we start mentioning details at that level, we'll need dozens of pages. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum