Re: [POLL] Should Org tempo be enabled by default? (expand templates thru e.g. "<s[TAB]")

[Jon Snader <jcs@irreal.org>]

Richard Lawrence <richard.lawrence@berkeley.edu> writes:

> Jon Snader <jcs@irreal.org> writes:
>
>> I use the <s[TAB] mechanism all the time and /definitely/ want 
>> it
>> enabled. I don't want to have to deal with a menu and its more
>> complicated calling sequence
>
> I feel the same!  Please don't disable <s[TAB] or make it more
> complicated to use.

You can make the case that it doesn't really matter because all 
that's
needed is a minor adjustment to your init.el to restore the old
behavior. But here's what's going to happen: A user who upgrades 
through
ELPA is going to discover that suddenly the familiar template code 
is no
longer working. He'll likely think it's an bug and wait for an 
upgrade
or two for it to be fixed. When it doesn't get fixed, he'll ask 
the
Internet what's wrong. 

Here's what's not going to happen: he's not going to read the 
ORG-NEWS
file. In the first place, as Bastien says, most users don't but 
many
users won't even know where to look. Org mode is famously Emacs' 
killer
app and many non-technical users have been drawn to Emacs to get 
access
to it. Many of them probably have no idea where the ELPA files are
stored and even if they do they probably won't look in the etc
subdirectory.

Why torture our users when it's so simple to keep the old behavior
enabled? If I hadn't seen Bastien's tweet pointing to this thread, 
I
would most certainly be one of the people described above.