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Re: Apologia for bzr
From: |
Florian Weimer |
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Re: Apologia for bzr |
Date: |
Sun, 05 Jan 2014 22:58:06 +0100 |
* Eric S. Raymond:
> Richard Stallman <address@hidden>:
>> We could even offer that as the mode of use for beginners, if that
>> would make it easier for a new generation of hackers to become Emacs
>> users. I don't know whether it WOULD have that effect, but if it
>> would, I think it is a good idea.
>
> I'm somewhat doubtful this would be well-directed effort. In my
> experience, he complexity that beginners react badly to is not
> multi-window/multi-buffer, it's 1,001 spiky keystroke sequences.
Probably. But exposing windows as tabs by default could be both
familiar and a bit helpful. Relocating the modeline and minibuffer to
the top of the frame might increase familiarity as well.
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- Re: Apologia for bzr, Eric S. Raymond, 2014/01/05
- Re: Apologia for bzr,
Florian Weimer <=
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