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Re: Generic dispatcher
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Ted Zlatanov |
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Re: Generic dispatcher |
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Mon, 01 Jul 2013 09:01:43 -0400 |
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On Sun, 30 Jun 2013 18:46:36 -0400 Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote:
SM> For epa/eww/mhe/... I think we should introduce a generic dispatcher.
SM> The way I see it, it would look like:
SM> - M-x mail RET runs one of the mail backends. First time around it
SM> prompts the user to choose a MUA, then stores the result in a Custom
SM> var and doesn't prompt any more. This would rely on
SM> a mail-alternatives variable holding various MUAs such as Gnus, MH-E,
SM> ... and third party packages can easily register themselves in this
SM> list via their autoloads. The user can reconsider his choice with C-u
SM> M-x mail RET in which case she gets prompted again.
SM> - same for M-x irc RET
SM> - same for M-x encrypt RET
SM> - same for M-x browse RET
SM> - we could push this further (e.g. auctex vs tex-mode.el) but I'm not
SM> sure it'd be such a great idea.
I think that's a good idea. But (as I mentioned in the "Rename `eww' to
`web'" discussion) I think focusing on command names is the wrong
approach for usability. These should be first-class commands in every
way, accessible from a top-level menu and from a convenient key
sequence. Maybe new modeline icons that respond to clicks. I just feel
that putting them under `M-x whatever' will not help usability.
Ted