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Re: doc of defining minor modes
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David Kastrup |
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Re: doc of defining minor modes |
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Fri, 19 May 2006 08:20:20 +0200 |
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"Drew Adams" <address@hidden> writes:
> OK, I hear the argument as being that a user could be disoriented if
> a mode is turned on without his/her being aware of it. That makes
> sense. It is also not clearly expressed in the documentation.
>
> As I said, if "you want people to understand and respect [this
> recommendation], then it should be clarified and justified (explain
> why) in the doc." I do not think the doc is clear on this at all.
>
> The doc should explicitly say that loading a minor mode should not
> have any user-visible effect, and explain why. The why should
> mention that it might disorient users (or something to that
> effect). In particular, it should not speak in terms of "harm" and
> "pain". No such harm or pain was finally pointed out, so let's not
> be alarmist about this.
What constitutes "harm" to you? If a little man jumps out from the
copmuter screen and stabs the user?
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
- RE: doc of defining minor modes, (continued)
- Re: doc of defining minor modes, David Kastrup, 2006/05/18
- RE: doc of defining minor modes, Drew Adams, 2006/05/18
- Re: doc of defining minor modes, David Kastrup, 2006/05/18
- RE: doc of defining minor modes, Drew Adams, 2006/05/18
- Re: doc of defining minor modes, David Kastrup, 2006/05/18
- RE: doc of defining minor modes, Drew Adams, 2006/05/18
- Re: doc of defining minor modes,
David Kastrup <=
- RE: doc of defining minor modes, Drew Adams, 2006/05/19
- RE: doc of defining minor modes, Drew Adams, 2006/05/19
- Re: doc of defining minor modes, David Kastrup, 2006/05/19
- RE: doc of defining minor modes, Drew Adams, 2006/05/19
- Re: doc of defining minor modes, Andreas Schwab, 2006/05/19
- Re: doc of defining minor modes, Stefan Monnier, 2006/05/19
- RE: doc of defining minor modes, Drew Adams, 2006/05/19
- Re: doc of defining minor modes, David Kastrup, 2006/05/19
- Re: doc of defining minor modes, Stefan Monnier, 2006/05/19
- Re: doc of defining minor modes, Miles Bader, 2006/05/18