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From: ams@gnu.org (Alfred M. Szmidt)
To: thibaut.verron@gmail.com
Cc: nicola.manca85@gmail.com, stefankangas@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 15:23:30 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1kJLyk-0008AM-UC@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFsi02TMwaN87MHWS4jN94H94XVF4V_nsiiUdmzrEBEiPzLcyg@mail.gmail.com> (message from Thibaut Verron on Fri, 18 Sep 2020 20:59:19 +0200)

   >    >    On first start, the wizard would offer the option to create an empty
   >    >    .emacs and never bother you again.
   >    >
   >    > The issue is that it would bother you on first start, at all.
   >
   >    On balance this a good thing, IMO.  And if you disagree, it will only
   >    bother you once.
   >
   > No, it will bother _each_ and _every_ time I start a new Emacs where I
   > have not done so previously.  That is a fairly common situation, both
   > for new users, but also for experienced users who are the majority of
   > Emacs users.
   >
   > Lets not make Emacs annoying to use, OK?

   I, for one, would be happy to have a one-click option to set a bunch
   of reasonable defaults whenever I start Emacs on a new device.

And using the splash screen, that exact possibility is also there.  So
nothing is lost.



  reply	other threads:[~2020-09-18 19:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 129+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-17  8:50 A proposal for a friendlier Emacs Nicola Manca
2020-09-17  9:04 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-17  9:27   ` Nicola Manca
2020-09-17 12:24     ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-17 12:35       ` Thibaut Verron
2020-09-17 13:22         ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-17 13:26           ` Thibaut Verron
2020-09-17 13:31             ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-17 13:34               ` Thibaut Verron
2020-09-17 14:27                 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-18 16:49                   ` Stefan Kangas
2020-09-18 18:25                     ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-18 18:59                       ` Thibaut Verron
2020-09-18 19:23                         ` Alfred M. Szmidt [this message]
2020-09-19  8:37                           ` Andrea Corallo via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-19  9:21                             ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-19 11:25                           ` Stefan Kangas
2020-09-19 15:09                             ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-19 19:31                               ` Andrea Corallo via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-19 19:59                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-19 21:37                                   ` Andrea Corallo via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-20  6:22                                     ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-20  7:45                                   ` Ergus via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-20  8:13                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-20  8:25                                       ` Ergus
2020-09-21 17:19                                     ` Jean Louis
2020-09-22 12:59                                       ` Ergus
2020-09-22 14:11                                         ` Jean Louis
2020-09-22 17:50                                           ` Colin Baxter
2020-09-22 18:08                                             ` Mingde (Matthew) Zeng
2020-09-22 19:12                                               ` Colin Baxter
2020-09-19 21:04                                 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-19 21:26                                   ` Andrea Corallo via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-20  6:21                                     ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-19  8:30                         ` Andrea Corallo via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-19 15:50                         ` Philip K.
2020-09-20  3:53                     ` 황병희
2020-09-17 13:38             ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-17 12:40       ` Nicholas Savage
2020-09-17 13:22         ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-17 13:28         ` Thibaut Verron
2020-09-17 19:40         ` Mingde (Matthew) Zeng
2020-09-17  9:07 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-17  9:32   ` Nicola Manca
2020-09-17  9:44     ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-21 20:00       ` Alexander Adolf
2020-09-22  3:38         ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-22 20:50           ` Alexander Adolf
2020-09-22 21:54             ` Drew Adams
2020-09-23 14:20               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-23 14:16             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-25 13:22               ` Alexander Adolf
2020-09-25 13:39                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-25 14:43                   ` Alexander Adolf
2020-09-25 15:05                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-26  4:35                       ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-29 17:08                         ` Alexander Adolf
2020-09-29 17:38                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-30 20:40                             ` Alexander Adolf
2020-10-01 12:55                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-01 16:13                                 ` Alexander Adolf
2020-10-01 16:18                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-01 16:49                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-01 17:23                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-01 17:57                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-02 16:10                                     ` Alexander Adolf
2020-10-02  3:51                                   ` Classifying packages Richard Stallman
2020-09-22  3:38         ` A proposal for a friendlier Emacs Richard Stallman
2020-09-22 20:57           ` Alexander Adolf
2020-09-23  3:44             ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-25 12:40               ` Alexander Adolf
2020-09-25 15:22                 ` Drew Adams
2020-09-26  4:33                   ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-26 14:29                     ` Drew Adams
2020-09-27  2:43                       ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-27 19:49                         ` Drew Adams
2020-09-28  3:49                           ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-28  4:50                             ` Drew Adams
2020-09-28 22:03                             ` Jean Louis
2020-09-29  2:32                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-29  2:35                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-09-29  4:16                                 ` Jean Louis
2020-09-29  5:35                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-29  5:45                                     ` Jean Louis
2020-09-29 14:24                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-29 15:21                                         ` Jean Louis
2020-10-20 13:07                                           ` Arthur Miller
2020-10-20 15:32                                             ` Jean Louis
2020-10-27  4:32                                               ` Arthur Miller
2020-10-27  7:50                                                 ` Jean Louis
2020-09-29  7:19                                   ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-29  7:55                                     ` Jean Louis
2020-09-29  8:23                                       ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-29  8:27                                         ` Jean Louis
2020-09-29 15:07                                         ` Jean Louis
2020-09-29 14:20                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-30 18:36                                     ` Juri Linkov
2020-09-30 19:25                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-30 19:50                                         ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-10-01  7:27                                           ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-01 13:10                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-01 14:10                                               ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-01 12:44                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-01 14:19                                           ` Jean Louis
2020-10-02  3:51                                           ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-02  6:59                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-01 14:13                                       ` Jean Louis
2020-10-01 14:48                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-01 16:05                                           ` dictionary.el could be included in main stream Emacs - " Jean Louis
2020-10-02 11:40                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-04 17:36                                               ` Torsten Hilbrich
2020-10-01 18:47                                         ` Juri Linkov
2020-09-28 22:05                             ` Jean Louis
2020-09-21 17:07 ` Jean Louis
2020-09-22  3:40   ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-22  6:22     ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-23  3:43       ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-22  6:24     ` Jean Louis
2020-09-22 14:10       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-22 14:22         ` Jean Louis
2020-09-22 14:31           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-22 14:52             ` Jean Louis
2020-09-22 15:34               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-22 16:03                 ` Jean Louis
2020-09-22 16:33                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-23  3:41           ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-22 15:44         ` Jean Louis
2020-09-23  3:41         ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-23 14:21           ` Eli Zaretskii

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