From: Paul R <paul.r.ml@gmail.com>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs mode line suggestions
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:52:14 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y6zhsc7l.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081117233733.GB9335@muc.de> (Alan Mackenzie's message of "Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:37:33 +0000")
Hello Alan,
Alan> There are lots of ways of switching buffers, none objectively the
Alan> best. You've assumed the axiom of choice in your paragraph above;
Alan> namely that there is some way of choosing a "best" way for each of
Alan> the uncountably infinite options in Emacs. You give yourself away
Alan> with the words "something like". ;-)
I used this words because any of them would do better than the current
behaviour. This of course reflect mainly my opinion, but because I have
some experience at teaching emacs to beginners, I can tell you it is
a general feeling among them. Of course, you can argue that most student
have no critisism and just like what the teacher like. That would be
a valid point, but I honnestly have the feeling that it helps them a lot.
I just noticed again than one can switch buffers from the menu. This is
also an intuitive behaviour for beginners, indeed, but I would prefer to
give them the right tools to use emacs more easily from the keyboard.
Regards,
--
Paul
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2008-11-14 23:18 ` emacs mode line suggestions Xah
2008-11-15 1:02 ` xahlee
2008-11-15 9:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2008-11-16 1:54 ` Xah
2008-11-16 18:12 ` Ian Eure
2008-11-18 9:39 ` Kevin Rodgers
2008-11-18 23:25 ` Xavier Maillard
2008-11-16 21:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2008-11-16 18:20 ` Richard Riley
2008-11-16 23:12 ` Ian Eure
2008-11-17 8:37 ` Paul R
2008-11-17 15:45 ` Drew Adams
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2008-11-17 16:11 ` Richard Riley
2008-11-17 18:53 ` Drew Adams
2008-11-17 19:10 ` Richard Riley
2008-11-17 19:57 ` Drew Adams
2008-11-17 20:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2008-11-17 21:42 ` Richard Riley
2008-11-18 0:55 ` Drew Adams
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2008-11-18 1:08 ` Richard Riley
2008-11-18 2:55 ` Drew Adams
2008-11-17 23:37 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-11-18 7:52 ` Paul R [this message]
2008-11-18 13:48 ` Alan Mackenzie
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2008-11-16 23:35 ` Richard Riley
2008-11-16 22:45 ` Xah
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2008-11-16 23:17 ` Xah
2008-11-17 20:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-11-17 23:46 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-11-18 0:31 ` Lennart Borgman
2008-11-18 9:32 ` Kevin Rodgers
2008-11-18 9:58 ` Alan Mackenzie
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2008-11-18 9:46 ` Fabrice Niessen
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2008-11-17 22:09 ` Xah
2008-11-18 2:33 ` B. T. Raven
2008-11-18 3:24 ` Xah
2008-11-18 4:58 ` B. T. Raven
2008-11-18 6:54 ` Richard Riley
2008-11-18 4:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
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