From: David Hedbor <david@hedbor.org>
Subject: Re: Suggestion for the manual
Date: 05 May 1999 19:22:49 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m390b3543q.fsf@nyarlathotep.hedbor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Stainless Steel Rat's message of "05 May 1999 21:04:44 -0400"
Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:
> * David Hedbor <david@hedbor.org> on Wed, 05 May 1999
> | Personal preference. I feel that using customize is a better solution.
>
> Customize is not a "better solution" for people who know how to use Emacs.
> This was a popular religious war last month over on the gnu.emacs
> newsgroups; check deja-news for details if you must.
Please note that I said "personal preference" and "I feel that [it] is
a better solution". I am by no means an Emacs expert but I do know
enough to do configuration manually. Still I think customize is a lot
nicer. If you are new to Emacs, or simply new to Gnus, it's one of the
best things that ever happened to Emacs. It's a lot easier to
configure Gnus (unless you know the variables in Gnus by heart) by
point'n'click than it is to read info pages.
What's wrong with being user and especially newbie friendly?
--
[ Below is a random fortune, which is unrelated to the above message. ]
Stupid, n.:
Losing $25 on the game and $25 on the instant replay.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-05-06 2:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-05-02 8:59 David Hedbor
1999-05-02 9:43 ` Carey Evans
1999-05-02 9:59 ` Simon Josefsson
1999-05-02 19:59 ` David Hedbor
1999-05-05 20:43 ` Justin Sheehy
1999-05-05 21:59 ` David Hedbor
1999-05-06 1:04 ` Stainless Steel Rat
1999-05-06 2:22 ` David Hedbor [this message]
1999-05-06 17:21 ` Stainless Steel Rat
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