From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Ed Reingold <reingold@emr.cs.iit.edu>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Defaulting to fancy diary display
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:51:06 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1MjTZa-00087t-Br@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200909031802.n83I2i75021568@emr.cs.iit.edu> (message from Ed Reingold on Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:02:44 -0500)
> The only advantage of the simple display is that you can edit the
> diary file directly.
>
> I think this is a fundamental advantage. I wish we could implement
> the other features of fancy diary display while preserving this.
>
It's no advantage at all; it is a fundamental DISadvantage to have the default
be the simple file with lines concealed. Of course that is the file you need
to edit, but what you want to look at in the processed file, ie the fancy
form.
The fancy processed form is more useful to look at.
At the same time, it is an advantage to be able to edit the
same form that you look at.
The ideal would be to combine both advantages:
to display the diary as in fancy mode
AND let you edit it and save it.
Maybe this can be implemented now with buffer swapping,
a la RMail Edit mode.
It's like insisting that you only look at the .tex file, never the .pdf
output.
I see it as like using a WYSIWYG word processor where the version you
see is also editable.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-04 7:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-03 1:07 Defaulting to fancy diary display Glenn Morris
2009-09-03 2:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-09-03 2:38 ` Drew Adams
2009-09-03 3:53 ` Teemu Likonen
2009-09-03 15:05 ` Sean Sieger
2009-09-03 17:16 ` Richard Stallman
2009-09-03 18:02 ` Ed Reingold
2009-09-03 18:36 ` Leo
2009-09-04 7:51 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2009-09-04 3:03 ` Glenn Morris
2009-09-04 13:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-09-04 17:21 ` Glenn Morris
2009-09-08 16:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-09-05 21:35 ` Richard Stallman
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