Re: Gathering data on user preferences

[Howard Melman]

Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com> writes:

> My thinking is that we could create an ELPA package which works
> in a similar way to report emacs bug (in fact, it could probably
> leverage off some of that functionality). Essentially, it would generate a
> buffer containing details of variables of interest and their current
> setting in a set format which could then be emailed to a data gathering
> address. The set format would make it possible to process these messages
> via scripts to collate the data.

I proposed this almost exactly a year ago...
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2020-09/msg00451.html
I got no responses.

I still think it's a good idea and I hope people respond to you.

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Howard