From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Add the archive name column in the list-packages table
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 10:59:52 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y54hbv9j.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87a9gxom9x.fsf@gmail.com
On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:05:38 +0530 Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com> wrote:
JK> Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
>> They wouldn't know what icon corresponds to what repository.
JK> You mean Gnu Icon wouldn't be recognized by Emacs users?
That's not what I said. The user has to know that the GNU ELPA ("gnu")
repository is represented by the Gnu icon, while marmalade is a
marmalade jar and melpa is a Melba wafer and ELPA is Tom Tromey's face :)
This mapping is not intuitive or particularly useful IMO. Sometimes
text really is better than an icon.
>> You can, of course, do this on your own with text properties.
JK> I am just making a general remark: Can or should Emacs use Icons. Your
JK> post was just an excuse.
Well, no, your remark was very specific about using icons in the package
listings. That's a context where security (you have to be sure where a
package is coming from) and usability (it must work in a terminal) are
more important than in most Emacs use cases.
I think in general Emacs should use icons more, but with care. See
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/137682 for a proposal
(iconset.el) I still intend to pursue, though it's not high on my TODO
list due to other priorities.
Ted
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-11-21 15:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-10-25 10:23 Add the archive name column in the list-packages table Darren Hoo
2013-10-25 16:09 ` Glenn Morris
2013-10-25 18:27 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-11-03 11:11 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-11-03 14:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-04 16:12 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-11-19 7:36 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-11-20 21:06 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-11-20 22:34 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-11-21 11:09 ` add keyword search and display in details for list-packages (was: Add the archive name column in the list-packages table) Ted Zlatanov
2013-11-21 14:44 ` add keyword search and display in details for list-packages Stefan Monnier
2013-11-21 16:09 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-11-22 1:23 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-22 15:13 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-11-23 1:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-25 14:20 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-11-25 15:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-25 15:49 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-11-26 3:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-26 17:42 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-11-26 19:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-26 20:00 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-11-26 22:42 ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-11-27 1:58 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-26 3:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-28 0:52 ` Juri Linkov
2013-12-04 15:59 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-12-04 19:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-12-04 21:33 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-11-21 11:37 ` Add the archive name column in the list-packages table Jambunathan K
2013-11-21 14:28 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-11-21 14:35 ` Jambunathan K
2013-11-21 15:59 ` Ted Zlatanov [this message]
2013-11-21 17:58 ` Jambunathan K
2013-11-21 19:02 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-11-21 19:25 ` Drew Adams
2013-11-21 15:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-10-26 1:35 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-10-26 1:50 ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-10-26 2:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-10-26 2:39 ` Darren Hoo
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