From: Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>
To: Torsten Wagner <torsten.wagner@gmail.com>
Cc: Org Mode Mailing List <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>,
Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: converting people to Emacs and org-mode
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:26:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ip3e4p60.fsf@pinto.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPaq-gNBtMRL4aS9ymz-eG1g5mi22p8=CBTwMjoT70F4PZucQQ@mail.gmail.com> (Torsten Wagner's message of "Tue, 9 Apr 2013 13:05:17 +0200")
Torsten Wagner <torsten.wagner@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi,
> If I show org-mode to someone and if he/she points out the ugly graphic I
> stop at that point.
As I use a light text on dark background, I stop when they ask if there
is something wrong with my monitor because the background is
black... sigh.
And I've not only given up trying to convert anybody to Emacs, I have
also given up trying to explain why a dark background with light text is
much better on the eyes. Too much inertia and bad practices out there
unfortunately.
--
: Eric S Fraga, GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-04-22 14:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-04-09 8:10 converting people to Emacs and org-mode 42 147
2013-04-09 8:29 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-04-09 8:47 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2013-04-13 8:16 ` Karl Voit
2013-04-09 8:46 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2013-04-09 8:51 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-04-09 10:21 ` Moritz Ulrich
2013-04-09 10:30 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2013-04-09 11:05 ` Torsten Wagner
2013-04-22 14:26 ` Eric S Fraga [this message]
2013-04-22 15:20 ` Loyall, David
2013-04-22 17:11 ` Bastien
2013-04-22 19:35 ` Sebastien Vauban
2013-04-22 20:03 ` John Hendy
2013-04-23 5:19 ` Achim Gratz
2013-04-23 6:38 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2013-04-22 21:50 ` Samuel Wales
2013-04-23 7:29 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-04-23 9:01 ` OT: Emacs screen colors (was: converting people to Emacs and org-mode) Karl Voit
2013-04-23 9:28 ` converting people to Emacs and org-mode Eric S Fraga
2013-04-23 9:37 ` Jude DaShiell
2013-04-23 9:48 ` Eric S Fraga
2013-04-09 11:40 ` Bastien
2013-04-09 8:48 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-04-09 9:50 ` Bastien
2013-04-09 10:03 ` Russell Adams
2013-04-09 12:27 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2013-04-09 15:31 ` Christopher Allan Webber
2013-04-09 16:28 ` Sebastien Vauban
2013-04-12 22:17 ` Eric Schulte
2013-04-09 18:33 ` Loyall, David
2013-04-09 18:42 ` Chris Gray
2013-04-09 14:42 ` Gunnar Wolf
2013-04-09 21:03 ` Marcin Borkowski
2013-04-09 20:59 ` Marcin Borkowski
2013-04-09 22:26 ` John Hendy
2013-04-10 12:03 ` Doug Lewan
2013-04-13 8:43 ` Karl Voit
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-04-09 23:59 42 147
2013-04-10 7:37 ` Bastien
2013-04-10 10:01 ` Suvayu Ali
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