Re: Making Emacs more friendly to newcomers (was: "Why is emacs so square?")

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Po Lu <address@hidden> 작성:

> ndame <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Looks good. These are the changes Emacs needs, so it has a nicer first
> > impression for users who come from mainstream tools to give it a try.
>
> I don't think the general goal is for Emacs to imitate popular tools, but
> instead to make it a mainstream tool.  To achieve this, we do need to
> make Emacs more friendly for newcomers, but we shouldn't erase the
> traits that make Emacs unique (such as extreme extensibility and
> customizability).
>
> IOW, everything added to make Emacs more friendly should be optional
> (but easily discoverable), and should not break backwards-compatiblity with
> existing configurations.

I personally find that the stance of trying to not breaking anything is
one of the big reasons that Emacs has a nonusable-without-configuration UX.
Major version numbers are there for a reason… and we can expect for annoyed
people to set some variables to get old behavior.

> Emacs has endured for 40+ years. I doubt that without the Emacsen I
> remember using with squeals of delight (Epoch, XEmacs, Emacs 19), and
> the various improvements they curtailed that Emacs would still be where
> it is now.  Let's help Emacs endure another 40 years.