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Re: diff-mode
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Richard Riley |
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Re: diff-mode |
Date: |
Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:45:32 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) |
Elena <egarrulo@gmail.com> writes:
> On Dec 14, 10:11 am, Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org> wrote:
>> That's not true. Usability is quite high on the developers' agenda.
>> If you report usability problems as bugs, they will be handled.
>
> I do not doubt it. They just can't understand such issues however.
> It's not their faults. They are geeks, just like me and - I think -
> you. If we were them, we couldn't do any better.
>
> Newbies flock to other editors because newbies find such editors
> easier to use. Geeks know such editors just seem easier, or are
> easier just in the short run, and shrug their shoulders.
>
>> > I applaud your effort to use Emacs for diffs. I gave up very quickly
>> > and to this day I still stick to WinMerge.
>>
>> Feel free to use LoseMerge, Ediff beats it any time with both hands
>> behind its back. You gave up too quickly.
>
> I don't doubt it. However, as many things Emacs, its interface seems
> foreign. I couldn't find a way to compare directories and have a
> summary of changed files, from which navigate to such files. If
> someone could post a video about how to accomplish such a task with
> Emacs...
Similarly with dired. The thing is that I generally find that at first I
hate why certain things are. It's only later that you realise, as you
become familiar with a tool, why its like that. And invariably there is
a good reason. This happens all the time in Emacs. Unfortunately I
believe thats the wrong way to build SW if you have any interest in
attracting new users : better, in that case, to default for "nOOb
morons" (and I include myself in that ;)) and let the power users
customise as they see fit. The reluctance to CUA by default would be one
such an example or the reluctance to turn on the X clipboard by
default. At least one of which has now changed I believe.
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- Re: diff-mode, Richard Riley, 2010/12/15
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