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Re: [Help-nano] getting nicely justified comments in an easy way
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Benno Schulenberg |
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Re: [Help-nano] getting nicely justified comments in an easy way |
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Mon, 1 Apr 2019 19:17:40 +0200 |
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Hello Seb,
Op 31-03-19 om 17:52 schreef Seb:
> * Searching for a string in a file implies navigating the file. ^Y is a
> nickname for "top of the file". So ^W^Y is not totally from cuckooland.
> It's more like another way of interpreting what searching means.
I agree that in a vague sense, ^Y could be understood as "search for the
top of file". That's probably why ^Y was in the ^W menu in Pico. But
it stretches the meaning of searching beyond what I'm willing to allow.
> * At the end of the day, to whom does the software belong? I'm not
> thinking like a lawyer here, about GPL and all. There is a tacit, moral
> contract between users and developers. Users trust developers to
> make their daily tool more and more useful while keeping it familiar.
> Asking users to change their habits because they don't make sense in
> your eye is not a winning proposition.
Agreed. "More and more useful while keeping it familiar" is well worded.
I will stick the phrase above my monitor. :)
Benno
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