From: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com>
To: Joost Kremers <joostkremers@fastmail.fm>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: What is the most useful potential feature which Emacs lacks?
Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 15:24:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <VI1PR06MB45266D4D9C0E11AF47F0B15D968F0@VI1PR06MB4526.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87o8q73goz.fsf@fastmail.fm> (Joost Kremers's message of "Thu, 28 May 2020 23:14:36 +0200")
Joost Kremers <joostkremers@fastmail.fm> writes:
> On Thu, May 28 2020, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>> This seems like a reasonable solution to me. Alternatively perhaps we
>>> just need to sell C-x C-f as "open a file or directory" rather than
>>> "find a file"?
>>
>> A directory *is* a file.
>
> And a smart phone is a computer, but that's not how most people think about it.
> :-)
And Dired is "directory editor", wich suggest a directory is a file,
but even I use to speak of dired (and emacs) as a file manager, and
other file managers are not called directory editors, despite of file
managing being directories editing. Just another example of how we
humnas build abstractions on top of each other to simplify our
reasoning. Those abstractions then get their own life.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-29 13:24 UTC|newest]
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2020-05-11 20:09 What is the most useful potential feature which Emacs lacks? ndame
2020-05-12 6:57 ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-12 7:13 ` ndame
2020-05-12 12:54 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-12 13:07 ` ndame
2020-05-12 14:56 ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-13 0:39 ` HaiJun Zhang
2020-05-13 1:34 ` Eduardo Ochs
2020-05-13 1:50 ` Eduardo Ochs
2020-05-12 10:00 ` H. Dieter Wilhelm
2020-05-12 11:10 ` Michael Albinus
2020-05-13 3:55 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-13 10:32 ` Michael Albinus
2020-05-14 5:11 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-14 10:34 ` Michael Albinus
2020-05-15 3:25 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-15 8:15 ` Michael Albinus
2020-05-16 4:18 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-16 22:07 ` H. Dieter Wilhelm
2020-05-18 3:45 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-18 8:05 ` Tramp and crypted files (was: What is the most useful potential feature which Emacs lacks?) Michael Albinus
2020-05-19 4:01 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-19 14:38 ` Tramp and crypted files Michael Albinus
2020-05-20 4:00 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-19 8:51 ` Deus Max
2020-05-19 14:48 ` Michael Albinus
2020-05-20 8:27 ` Deus Max
2020-05-20 8:49 ` Michael Albinus
2020-05-20 17:49 ` Deus Max
2020-05-20 19:09 ` Michael Albinus
2020-05-25 18:48 ` Michael Albinus
2020-05-26 4:13 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-26 7:13 ` Michael Albinus
2020-05-27 3:09 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-28 13:05 ` Deus Max
2020-05-29 9:16 ` Michael Albinus
2020-05-29 16:33 ` Deus Max
2020-06-07 15:08 ` Michael Albinus
2020-06-13 12:06 ` Deus Max
2020-06-13 13:15 ` Michael Albinus
2020-05-29 18:22 ` Deus Max
2020-05-17 8:28 ` What is the most useful potential feature which Emacs lacks? Michael Albinus
2020-05-12 11:57 ` Eric S Fraga
2020-05-12 15:34 ` Michael Albinus
2020-05-12 16:33 ` Eric S Fraga
2020-05-12 17:39 ` Tramp nextcloud (was: What is the most useful potential feature which Emacs lacks?) Michael Albinus
2020-05-12 18:12 ` Tramp nextcloud H. Dieter Wilhelm
2020-05-13 8:59 ` Eric S Fraga
2020-05-13 9:33 ` Tramp nextcloud (SOLVED) Eric S Fraga
2020-05-13 10:45 ` Michael Albinus
2020-05-13 11:10 ` Eric S Fraga
2020-05-12 15:04 ` What is the most useful potential feature which Emacs lacks? Arthur Miller
2020-05-12 16:00 ` Drew Adams
2020-05-12 12:30 ` Helmut Eller
2020-05-13 1:22 ` Jose A. Ortega Ruiz
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2020-05-13 2:45 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-13 3:58 ` jao
2020-05-13 23:12 ` João Távora
2020-05-14 0:04 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-14 10:08 ` Helmut Eller
2020-05-14 10:17 ` tomas
2020-05-14 10:34 ` Robert Pluim
2020-05-14 10:40 ` tomas
2020-05-15 3:25 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-15 3:39 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-15 3:25 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-15 3:51 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-16 4:18 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-16 9:29 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-17 2:55 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-15 3:17 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-15 6:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-16 4:18 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-16 7:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-16 12:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-17 2:56 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-17 7:22 ` Andreas Schwab
2020-05-18 3:42 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-18 14:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-19 3:56 ` shr.el rename? Richard Stallman
2020-05-19 5:50 ` Drew Adams
2020-05-19 12:41 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-05-19 15:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-19 16:47 ` T.V Raman
2020-05-20 3:59 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-20 4:02 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-18 15:20 ` What is the most useful potential feature which Emacs lacks? Filipp Gunbin
2020-05-18 15:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-15 9:10 ` Robert Pluim
2020-05-15 10:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-15 11:07 ` Robert Pluim
2020-05-15 11:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-15 11:49 ` Robert Pluim
2020-05-15 11:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-15 12:14 ` Robert Pluim
2020-05-15 12:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-15 15:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-15 15:28 ` Robert Pluim
2020-05-16 4:18 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-16 4:17 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-16 6:50 ` Andreas Schwab
2020-05-16 8:24 ` Yuri Khan
2020-05-17 2:56 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-14 11:57 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-12 12:44 ` Christopher Lemmer Webber
2020-05-13 16:36 ` Karl Fogel
2020-05-14 3:01 ` Christopher Lemmer Webber
2020-05-14 4:08 ` Karl Fogel
2020-05-14 10:01 ` Robert Pluim
2020-05-14 16:35 ` Christopher Lemmer Webber
2020-05-17 1:31 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-18 3:43 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-15 3:16 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-28 4:00 ` Karl Fogel
2020-05-28 13:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-28 17:19 ` Karl Fogel
2020-05-28 18:05 ` Drew Adams
2020-05-28 18:45 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-28 20:52 ` Alan Third
2020-05-28 21:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-28 21:10 ` Alan Third
2020-05-28 21:27 ` andres.ramirez
2020-05-28 21:54 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-29 13:24 ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-28 21:14 ` Joost Kremers
2020-05-29 13:24 ` Arthur Miller [this message]
2020-05-29 1:24 ` Karl Fogel
2020-05-29 3:36 ` Drew Adams
2020-05-29 3:06 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-29 3:41 ` Drew Adams
2020-05-29 13:19 ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-30 5:23 ` Thibaut Verron
2020-05-29 13:11 ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-13 17:48 ` ndame
2020-05-14 1:15 ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-14 4:10 ` ndame
2020-05-14 4:28 ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-15 10:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-17 5:37 ` ndame
2020-05-17 12:42 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-17 13:18 ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-19 3:47 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-17 22:03 ` chad
2020-05-13 21:05 ` Vasilij Schneidermann
2020-05-14 14:35 ` Björn Lindqvist
2020-06-03 11:39 ` What is the most useful potential feature which Emacs lacks? A: Autocompletion Konstantin Kharlamov
2020-06-03 12:36 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-06-03 12:50 ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2020-06-03 13:10 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-06-03 13:59 ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2020-06-03 14:21 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-06-03 14:40 ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2020-06-03 18:49 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-06-03 14:49 ` Drew Adams
2020-06-03 20:15 ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2020-06-03 20:36 ` Drew Adams
2020-06-03 20:49 ` Drew Adams
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2020-05-12 7:11 What is the most useful potential feature which Emacs lacks? Zhu Zihao
2020-05-12 7:22 ndame
2020-05-27 15:58 Van Ly
2020-05-28 3:13 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-30 7:17 ` Van Ly
2020-05-31 7:10 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-31 10:01 ` Van Ly
2020-05-31 12:49 ` excalamus--- via Emacs development discussions.
2020-06-01 3:54 ` Richard Stallman
2020-06-01 5:21 ` Yuri Khan
2020-06-02 2:55 ` Richard Stallman
2020-06-02 3:57 ` Karl Fogel
2020-06-02 5:15 ` Ihor Radchenko
2020-06-02 13:42 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-06-01 9:11 ` Bastien
2020-06-01 15:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-01 23:32 ` Bastien
2020-06-01 23:50 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2020-06-06 9:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-06 9:58 ` tomas
2020-06-06 10:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-06 10:29 ` tomas
2020-06-06 14:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-06-06 14:58 ` Arthur Miller
2020-06-06 20:18 ` tomas
2020-06-06 22:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-06-06 9:59 ` Thibaut Verron
2020-06-06 10:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-06 10:18 ` tomas
2020-06-06 12:05 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2021-03-04 11:46 Evgeny Zajcev
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