Re: Honoring traditional defaults

[Bastien <bzg@altern.org>]

(Sorry, typo.)

Bastien <bzg@altern.org> writes:

> "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>
>> That is, provide one or more predefined sets of preference settings. Instead of
>> the only customization possibility being to dive into the tangled swamp of
>> Emacs's myriad options, users could choose a suitable macro-level option: a set
>> of option settings.
>
> I think this would be useful.  
>
> Especially because it would force us in terms of consistent sets of
                                      ^
                                 [to think]

> options, rather than "defaults for n00bs" vs "defaults for gurus."
>
> If you have a "skin" or a set of options called "RMS-Emacs" I guess 
> many newbies will first try this one.  
>
> PS: As for myself, I woud try Alan-Emacs :)

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Bastien