RE: [External] : Re: PROPOSAL: Repurpose one key (why only one?) and reserve it for third-party packages

[Drew Adams]

> I agree with Drew that the solution you propose is not user-friendly,

Huh?  AFAIK, I've said nothing about what you guys
seem to be talking about now.  Please cite what
you think I said about this, if you're going to
make references to what I've said.

Perhaps you're confusing me with someone else,
wrt this point?  There are so many messages, and
the subject seems to careen wildly without the
Subject line changing, that I, at least, have
trouble following (especially since much of
what's said doesn't hold much interest for me).

> because querying a user who doesn't yet know how
> a package works and what its commands are to bind
> some commands they do not yet know to a key is
> confusing.

That's true, in general, though a query/prompt
can make things clear.  It can even pop up doc
etc. to make things clear.  I'm not saying
anything about how appropriate such querying
might be.  It might be inefficient, inappropriate,
or even downright annoying.

I, for one, think that users are well served
by taking the initiative to read something
about a package, command, or whatever before
starting to load or use it.  That's just my
advice.

In the "old days" user read the Commentary in
a library before using it.  And wise users even
looked at the code, at least as a sanity check.

Nowadays, I get the impression that many users
just load a package and give it a try, with no
regard to help/doc the author has provided, and
no concern or curiosity about the code (what it
does, how it does it, security, etc.).

> What users would most likely do is to answer
> "yes" everywhere without thinking further.

Yup.  Laziness, mostly, I guess.  Or blind
faith, perhaps.