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: gdb-ui sells Emacs Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 09:21:48 +0100 Message-ID: <85r786dfmr.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <17320.40469.315050.237726@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1135154773 27178 80.91.229.2 (21 Dec 2005 08:46:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:46:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 21 09:46:11 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Eozad-0001K6-6o for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 09:44:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EozbX-0003aS-Uf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 03:45:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EozG9-0005Tl-4e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 03:23:41 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EozG6-0005Sc-G8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 03:23:39 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EozG5-0005SD-EQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 03:23:37 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EozJL-0005Rw-US for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 03:27:00 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EozD8-0006zA-PQ; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 03:20:35 -0500 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id AA32E1C46146; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 09:21:48 +0100 (CET) Original-To: Nick Roberts In-Reply-To: <17320.40469.315050.237726@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> (Nick Roberts's message of "Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:13:09 +1300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:48152 Archived-At: Nick Roberts writes: > > I thought I should mention here that gdb-ui is a major turn-on for > > newbies. For the past few months I've several times seen people > > exposed to Emacs for the first time who were very impressed by the > > gdb-ui features and told me this one package is worth for them the > > effort of learning to use Emacs in general and its debugger interface > > in particular. > > > > Good job, Nick! > > > > (Speedbar is another turn-on, btw.) > > There has been little feedback has been over the last year or so, > and I've not been sure if thats because people like it as it is, or > because they don't like it and therefore don't use it. More likely because they are taking it for granted. It is an "oh, Emacs does this now" thing. Nothing to write home about unless it does not work. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum