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Re: too many buffers
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Elena |
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Re: too many buffers |
Date: |
Thu, 2 Dec 2010 00:58:58 -0800 (PST) |
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G2/1.0 |
On Dec 2, 7:58 am, Tim X <t...@nospam.dev.null> wrote:
> A major mistake made by new users is to try and make emacs like every
> other editor or even like an IDE. This is a mistake.
>
> Emacs is liked by many because it is very different. Others don't like
> the difference and for htem, it is not the right editor. However, if you
> start by trying to make it just like everything else your use to, you
> will miss the opportunity of experiencing something different and new
> which may turn out to be better than what your familiar with - provided
> you give it a chance.
Problem is: this Emacs uniqueness is not documented anywhere. All
IDEs look alike because they follow a design pattern which works.
There are tons of usability studies done on this. OTOH, how would you
develop a project following the Emacs way? Nobody knows. Every
Emacser reinvents the wheel.
- too many buffers, Jack Hokus, 2010/12/09
- Re: too many buffers, Pascal J. Bourguignon, 2010/12/08
- Re: too many buffers, Tim X, 2010/12/08
- Re: too many buffers,
Elena <=
- Re: too many buffers, Pascal J. Bourguignon, 2010/12/08
- Re: too many buffers, Elena, 2010/12/08
- Re: too many buffers, Miles Bader, 2010/12/08
- Re: too many buffers, Elena, 2010/12/08
- Re: too many buffers, Pascal J. Bourguignon, 2010/12/08
Re: too many buffers, Elena, 2010/12/08