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Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications
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martin rudalics |
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Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications |
Date: |
Sat, 23 Jul 2011 20:39:53 +0200 |
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> A comment from a naive bystander: these values are getting more and
> more close to Lisp code than to a value of a user variable. Aren't we
> burdening users with too much Lisp-like structures for options that
> are supposed to be easily customizable by people who don't know Lisp?
> I mean, using a single level of parentheses around some list, or the
> `setq' syntax, is one thing -- users can still form some simple mental
> model of that which doesn't require understanding of Lisp. But the
> above is something else: they are nested, with some lists requiring
> '() quoting, others not, some members use `:', others don't, some are
> cons cells, others lists; etc.
>
> If we cannot find a simpler syntax, perhaps we should provide an
> interactive function for customizing display-buffer's behavior, some
> kind of wizard that would lead the user through a series of questions
> with detailed description of the result of each setting, and in the
> end generate the value needed for the user-specified behavior. (The
> series of questions could be expressed as a nifty GUI dialog with
> check-boxes in GUI sessions.)
Most of these are completely hidden by the customization interface. In
particular, the user of the latter should not be aware of the underlying
Lisp-like structures, cons cells, lists, `:'. Maybe you could try
customizing `display-buffer-alist' at least once just in order to tell
me how a naive bystander might react.
martin
Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, martin rudalics, 2011/07/23
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- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, Chong Yidong, 2011/07/23
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, martin rudalics, 2011/07/23
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, Chong Yidong, 2011/07/23
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, martin rudalics, 2011/07/24
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, Chong Yidong, 2011/07/24
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, martin rudalics, 2011/07/24
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, martin rudalics, 2011/07/24
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, Chong Yidong, 2011/07/24
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, martin rudalics, 2011/07/25
- Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications, Štěpán Němec, 2011/07/25