From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Emacs usability (was: Can anybody tell me how to send HTML-format mail in gnus) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:57:38 -0500 Organization: =?utf-8?B?0KLQtdC+0LTQvtGAINCX0LvQsNGC0LDQvdC+0LI=?= @ Cienfuegos Message-ID: <868wv36zi5.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> References: <8663qcd7h3.fsf@timbral.net> <63cf9893-7704-4ceb-a1a0-7a549d57d05f@v1g2000pra.googlegroups.com> <86ej4zedwf.fsf@lifelogs.com> <0a21d521-cbba-4dba-8792-89a042e2b1a3@j1g2000prb.googlegroups.com> <86od43cox6.fsf@lifelogs.com> <0627b0d2-a959-4fe4-a868-f03e72aaafba@1g2000pre.googlegroups.com> <86ljz38uye.fsf@lifelogs.com> <48A05F81.70601@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1218490839 17636 80.91.229.12 (11 Aug 2008 21:40:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:40:39 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 11 23:41:31 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KSf8s-0004cK-Fh for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:41:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39279 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KSf7w-0007HG-Eo for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:40:32 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!npeer.de.kpn-eurorings.net!npeer-ng2.kpn.DE!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news.albasani.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 18 Original-X-Trace: news.albasani.net NmKoyTmk8ZwSGmHeUKAp0t/udHwAsWMgTO2GASgeotcCuxYqgNqm4r2FrDnL/laUn7E0EcUEievejt7eZkIJfWvR2J4WejM/Iu8OiRRMSLeUhuuWWA/huv+CmebJ6kLX Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@albasani.net Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:52:46 +0000 (UTC) X-User-ID: abHBCC5WNLX6HkJ4fd7NccMsTI1fq06wjraW367Ylkk= X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6; d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" Cancel-Lock: sha1:YeAiKbgZSE2QZUlaPd1hysiTaLo= sha1:Q2upRA+IEr3O0vJ/ijiTb+m29Bg= User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-NNTP-Posting-Host: abQ4wu/CWKcgqdkJk1bbYbsvI50yTEXkoLoP0j2vf4M= Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:161144 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:56490 Archived-At: The usability metrics (fairly standard in the industry) are listed in http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taouu/taouu.html#id2998837 so please see their definitions. - concise - expressive - easy (in the sense of "mnemonic load") - transparent - scriptable - discoverable Emacs is concise, expressive, transparent, and scriptable. It's not easy or discoverable without baseline knowledge, which is difficult to acquire without reading the documentation (manuals, tutorials, or books). In effect, Emacs is more of a programming language than a normal user application as far as usability goes. Ted