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Re: CUA-theme?
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Daniele Nicolodi |
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Re: CUA-theme? |
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Thu, 17 Sep 2020 14:35:53 +0200 |
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On 17/09/2020 14:29, Robert Pluim wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 13:08:50 +0200, Daniele Nicolodi
>>>>>> <daniele@grinta.net> said:
>
> Daniele> On 16/09/2020 15:29, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> >> Would it make sense to define a new custom-theme (or minor-mode until
> >> custom-theme can handle that) which makes Emacs's behavior match the
> >> "standard" in most other applications?
>
> Daniele> If I understand correctly the recent discussions, one of the
> main goals
> Daniele> is to make Emacs more accessible to newcomers. In this respect,
> are we
> Daniele> sure that using the "theme" concept, associated (outside the
> Emacs
> Daniele> world) with customizing how applications looks, to configure the
> Daniele> application behavior is a good idea?
>
> Daniele> Reportedly, one of the things that newcomers struggle with is the
> Daniele> peculiar and unique jargon used to describe Emacs concepts. This
> would
> Daniele> add one more. I think the concept of "mode" as something that
> changes
> Daniele> application behavior is well established and easier to explain.
>
> Except you then engender confusion with the Emacs concept of
> modes. Perhaps we should call them 'user type profiles' or something,
> then we could call them 'new-to-emacs-profile', 'vanilla-profile', etc.
Why do you think there would be confusion with the Emacs concept of
mode? Aren't Emacs modes things that change how Emacs behaves and
defines keybindings?
Cheers,
Dan