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Re: How can i enable webmode?
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H. Dieter Wilhelm |
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Re: How can i enable webmode? |
Date: |
Mon, 11 May 2020 14:03:44 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) |
Hello Dan
Thank you for your reply.
Dan Sommers <2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE@potatochowder.com> writes:
> On Sun, 10 May 2020 18:13:35 +0200
> dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de (H. Dieter Wilhelm) wrote:
>
>> For example the Melpa package `inform' is activating itsel during
>> installation (and maybe by restarting Emacs in some situations). The
>> motivation is: If you are interested you'll have it without much ado
>> and if you don't like it any more just uninstall the small package.
>
>> Does it make sense or do you regard this behaviour as impolite?
>
> In a word, impolite. IMO. YMMV. I don't know what `inform' does or
> which underlying mechanism `inform' uses to activate itself, but does it
> clean up after itself (cleanly and completely) when you uninstall it, or
> does it leave "harmless" code somewhere where it might be dangerous
> later? Does it have better-than-reasonable default behavior, and whose
> opinion?
Inform is creating links (clickable buttons) from functions and variable
names in *info* buffers to their inbuilt *Help* documentation. (The
small code base is loaded with a ;;;###autoload instruction.)
After uninstalling (and restarting Emacs) the code is completely
removed.
Thinking about it, do you know if it is possible for a running GNU-Emacs
to erase its memory or part of it or same everything with a name prefix?
> This came up, oh, I don't know, years ago in terms of new Emacs
> features. Should they be enabled by default, so that new users don't
> have to start with a 15 (or 30) year old system and add the modern
> conveniences they expected out of the box? Or should they be disabled,
> so that experienced users aren't annoyed by someone else's shiny
> objects?
I don't know, for Melpa or Elpa packages I wilfully want to have this
functionality, so why not expecting immediate gratification? ;-)
When I'm installing most browser add-ons they are immediately active.
The same goes for OS package managers when I'm doing
$ sudo aptitude install sshd
the server is immediately started and this is how it should work.
Dieter
--
Best wishes
H. Dieter Wilhelm
Zwingenberg, Germany
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- Re: How can i enable webmode?, Alexis Roda, 2020/05/10
- Re: How can i enable webmode?, H. Dieter Wilhelm, 2020/05/10
- RE: How can i enable webmode?, Drew Adams, 2020/05/10
- Re: How can i enable webmode?, H. Dieter Wilhelm, 2020/05/11
- Re: How can i enable webmode?, tomas, 2020/05/11
- Re: How can i enable webmode?, H. Dieter Wilhelm, 2020/05/11
- RE: How can i enable webmode?, Drew Adams, 2020/05/11
- Re: How can i enable webmode?, Stefan Monnier, 2020/05/11
- Re: How can i enable webmode?, H. Dieter Wilhelm, 2020/05/11
- Re: How can i enable webmode?, Dan Sommers, 2020/05/10
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- Re: How can i enable webmode?, Dan Sommers, 2020/05/11
- Re: How can i enable webmode?, Stefan Monnier, 2020/05/11