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Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ?
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Clément Pit-Claudel |
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Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ? |
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Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:26:41 -0400 |
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On 27/04/2020 10.08, address@hidden wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 09:36:41AM -0400, Clément Pit-Claudel wrote:
>> On 27/04/2020 07.31, address@hidden wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>>> If you want Emacs to adapt in this point, it's on you to convince
>>> Emacs people that this change is important.
>>
>> FWIW, I don't find the comparison to speaking German very convincing either.
>
> All metaphors suck in some way. My point is... I've seen all
> too often this antipattern: some enters an existing culture
> and shouts into the room "hey, why are you doing this in such
> a weird way? Come do it this other way I propose, it's much
> better!".
Sometimes it takes an outsider to point out that the emperor has no clothes.
Hopefully the Emacs culture is richer than our outdated terminology ^^
> I think if you want to convince people, you might want to go
> a bit smarter about that :-)
I'm not sure (besides, I'm not sure "smarter" is the right word here).
Sometimes just asking "why" is enough to trigger interesting discussions. If
we don't have a good answer to "why?" except "that how we've always done it",
then maybe that's a sign that we're not doing it optimally. (for example, the
other thread on Emacs looking square has yielded valuable new ideas).
- Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ?, (continued)
Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ?, ndame, 2020/04/27
Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ?, ndame, 2020/04/27
RE: Why mouse-1/2/3 ?, Drew Adams, 2020/04/27
Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ?, chad, 2020/04/27
Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ?, Richard Stallman, 2020/04/27
Re: Why mouse-1/2/3 ?, Tim Cross, 2020/04/27
RE: Why mouse-1/2/3 ?, Drew Adams, 2020/04/27