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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: configurable means hard? [was: ... easier explanation how to setup gnus ...] |
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Wed, 14 Aug 2013 10:02:06 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
> File
> - Why do I have five print options, and what's the difference?
Because Emacs doesn't offer a good way to print, so we offer various
workarounds (I wish I were kidding).
> Edit
> - What's a "face"?
I don't see that word in the menu. The closest I see is "Text
properties", which is indeed probably not what current non-Emacs users
expect (they'd probably expect some kind of customization panel).
> Tools
> - Why do I read Net News with Gnus and send mail with Gnus
> but *read* mail with RMAIL?
Good point. This is the kind of thing you can report via M-x
report-emacs-bug.
> - Why doesn't encryption work?[1]
Not sure what that means.
> I don't mean to suggest these questions don't have answers--clearly
> they do. But these are things I thought of in the 30 seconds it took
> me to conduct my thought experiment, and I only actually tried to do
> two things: open a new window (i.e., what I "thought" was a window was
> a frame and vice versa) and use the menu to encrypt a file. I'm sure
> there are more.
No doubt. It's very helpful for users to report those things, because
most Emacs coders hack on Emacs for their own benefit and taking a step
back and trying to imagine oneself as a new user can be time-consuming
if not difficult.
> Complexity itself is not a problem, per se; but the presentation of that
> complexity can be, and usually is. I just think Emacs in general and
> Gnus in particular needs some work in that regard.
Very much agreed. Help is welcome.
> [1] Incidentally, I appear to have discovered what might be a very minor
> bug in 24.3, as well; when you select a file to encrypt but gpg is
> not installed, you get a "permission denied" error, not a more
> accurate "file not found" error.
Actually it should say something like "can't find gpg".
That also can be reported via M-x report-emacs-bug.
Stefan
Re: What's an even easier explanation how to setup gnus ..., Carson Chittom, 2013/08/13
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