From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: swedebugia Subject: Re: Improving the README and new user experience Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 11:57:53 +0200 Message-ID: References: <2BB0BF83-FB79-4D6D-AE22-9E8D6B095C75@riseup.net> <7320F0B8-73A2-4E35-ADDE-D5E0E1E7E69A@rdsor.ro> <20180620102447.5992b459@scratchpost.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52436) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fVZsN-0003v3-6t for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2018 05:58:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fVZsJ-0003aA-8K for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2018 05:58:07 -0400 Received: from mx1.riseup.net ([198.252.153.129]:43288) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fVZsI-0003Zn-Vn for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2018 05:58:03 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20180620102447.5992b459@scratchpost.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Danny Milosavljevic , Dan Partelly Cc: Guix-devel On June 20, 2018 10:24:47 AM GMT+02:00, Danny Milosavljevic wrote: =2E=2E=2E Snip >Nano has paren matching (Alt-]) and commenting out (Alt-3)=2E It allows >you to select text with cursor keys, then shift-cursor keys=2E > >It might make sense to patch the nano status line to mention that, >though=2E > >I agree that otherwise it leaves something to be desired - but it can >be used for editing lisp source code just fine=2E That was news to me=2E Sounds good with a clarifying patch=2E=20 Maybe the commenting out is just e making big changes and is is not needed= for small incremental initial changes to the config=2E=20 I will try to look into nano and see if I can figure out how to patch it= =2E=20 I think the manual should guide new users to a s little painful experience= as possible=2E I will try building the installer and test it out as this w= ould potentially take us a big step forward=2E=20 --=20 Cheers Swedebugia