Re: Subject: Call for testers for GNU Hyperbole 5.12, a large, useful Emacs package

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 06/20/2016 01:20 AM, Robert Weiner wrote:

> Fair enough.  The HY-ABOUT file available on {C-h h d a} tells you
> what it is all about and should
> be mentioned in the HY-README file.

Thanks, that's a better read for that purpose.

> > A button that computes a factorial is not particularly convincing,
> > I could do that just as easily via an interactive function.
>
> True.  You probably want {C-h h d t} which lets you browse all of the
> implicit button types and action types.

Rather than a long list of things that are possible, I would prefer to 
see two or three things that are most impressive. Or four.

> That's like asking what workflow Lisp can enable.  Hyperbole is a
> toolkit, like Emacs, that you mold to your needs.  It has a lot of
> built-in behavior but is not limited by this.

Right, but a system that allows you to do anything often doesn't help 
you do anything in particular. That's a problem, both for new users and 
for advocates.

> If you get into Hyperbole more, you will certainly understand why we
> name that key and don't use a specific mouse button name much.

Probably, but I meant that introducing new terms in a demo might be 
premature.

> Send us your system specifics so we can possibly replicate the
> problem.  With Hyperbole, you can do this with {C-h h m c}.

Hopefully that does it:

Editor: GNU Emacs 25.0.95.2 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.18.9)

        Hyperbole:   05.12
        Sys Type:    x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
        OS Type:     gnu/linux
        Window Sys:  x

Although I'm not starting with bare Emacs, but rather with my own 
customized configuration.