> From: Xah <xahlee@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:37:52 -0700 (PDT) That's from “The Art of Unix Usability” by Eric S Raymond. These cult-like books are rather snake oil. Aha, and your so-called ``tutorials'' are, of course anything _but_ cult-like.
...gmail.com> wrote: Ted Zlatanov wrote: The usability metrics (fairly standard in the industry) are ...> That's from “The Art of Unix Usability” by Eric S Raymond. These cult-... What's important is the list of usability metrics as it applies to Emacs; if you disagree with that list then ... on issues such as software intereface and usability, in my opinion, are for example: •...
... "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> wrote: In effect, Emacs is more of a programming language than a normal user application as far as usability goes. Yes, but it could be more. We agree. Let... specific things that can be improved, and have that discussion in emacs-devel for the benefit of the developers that don't follow this...
...) Xah <xahlee@gmail.com> wrote: Ted Zlatanov wrote: The usability metrics (fairly standard in the industry) are listed in ... - discoverable That's from “The Art of Unix Usability” by Eric S Raymond. These cult-like books are ... that's irrelevant. What's important is the list of usability metrics as it applies to Emacs; if you disagree with that list then provide a better ...
...:14 pm, "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borg...@gmail.com> wrote: Ted Zlatanov wrote: The usability metrics (fairly standard in the industry) are listed in http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/...- transparent - scriptable - discoverable That's from “The Art of Unix Usability” by Eric S Raymond. These cult-like books are rather snake oil. For example, renowned computer...
Ted Zlatanov wrote: The usability metrics (fairly standard in the industry) are listed in... - scriptable - discoverable An interesting list. Emacs is concise, expressive, transparent, and scriptable. Yes,.... This is a fundamental problem. In effect, Emacs is more of a programming language than a normal user application as far as usability goes. Yes, but it could be more....
The usability metrics (fairly standard in the industry) are listed in http://www.catb.org... the sense of "mnemonic load") - transparent - scriptable - discoverable Emacs is concise, expressive, transparent, and scriptable. It's ... documentation (manuals, tutorials, or books). In effect, Emacs is more of a programming language than a normal user application as far as usability goes. Ted
... entry for "New buffer" in the "Buffers" menu. • Emacs does not provide a user level function to create a... my computer do.) So in the context of Emacs, the correct name would probably be "New buffer".... in the scratch buffer, which is lost if Emacs crashes. All this, however, is no reason to ... buffer). The scratch buffer itself isn't a usability problem. It's limitations are. So, if ...
... with respect to, say, programers. Emacs is intended for programmers, though it...on the article ( http://xahlee.org/emacs/modernization_scratch_buffer.html ) I've had a... is [an] important aspect of ... usability". This is confused thinking. Merely by... bearing on how usable the software is. Emacs is supremely easy ... mode for untitled buffer to emacs lisp mode. Or, more precisely,...
...: «I think the existance of the lisp scratch buffer is one of the major usability problem of emacs that prevents emacs from being widely adopted by most text editing audience.» Ironically, I...I *will* now bind to C-c C-r. Thanks! What version of emacs are you using? What happens if you are in a gnus summary buffer ...
