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From: | Ian Eure |
Subject: | Re: emacs mode line suggestions |
Date: | Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:12:13 -0800 |
On Nov 16, 2008, at 10:20 AM, Richard Riley wrote:
That's not the point. A behavior is being suggested which has a serious usability negative. Your argument cuts both ways; anyone who might use the existing mechanism surely is clued in enough to know how to use it, so why bother changing it, either?Ian Eure <ian@digg.com> writes:My objection is to the idea that you don't want star buffers in the list. These are also used for interaction with external processes: *ssh: host*, *SQL: foo*, *Twit-recent*, *compilation*, *shell*, *Python*. It seems ill advised to exclude those from the list.The kind of user that might want to see them is clued in enough to use aprefix or customise their setup accordingly.
Consider: 1. Edit stuff. 2. Create a *shell* buffer, do work in the shell. 3. Switch back to editing. 4. Try to go back to the shell - but wait, it's gone! What happened?It's equally confusing. If you want to improve things, great, but replacing one crappy behavior with a different crappy behavior is a waste.
I must say I agree with Xah and the "well thats the way its always been"Did you actually read my reply? Because I criticized the proposal on it's merits, and never said anything remotely like that.kind of reply is not constructive in the slightest.
- Ian.
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