Re: Emacs setup assistants

[David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>]

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> On Sat, 22 May 2004, abraham@dina.kvl.dk wrote:
> 
> > Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
> 
> >> Cancel, Next, Previous.
> > 
> > Actually, if the process is linear, I think most users would be happy
> > with an non-introcive outline of the process available somewhere.
> > Something like:
> > 
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> >                     |  Gnus setup:  3.1 News host
> >   1. Introcution    |
> >   2. Identity       |  What is the name of your news (nntp) host
> >   3. Servers        |  
> > * 3.1 News host     |  _________________
> >   3.2 Reading mail  |
> >   3.3 Sending mail  |
> >   4. Whatever       |  [Previous]  [Cancel]  [Next]
> >   6. The End        |
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> I think that's reasonable.  I don't want users to *jump* to 3.3 or 2
> from 3.1, that's the major issue I'm raising.

It's their beef.

In particular, some might want to look ahead in order to figure what
to answer for the current question.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum