Re: Gnus-ances

Re: Gnus-ances

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk> writes:

> > I can almost envision a general framework for Emacs wizards.  It's
> > mainly a tree of options for the user to navigate through, right? 
> 
> That sounds more like customize.

Well, not all that much.  A wizard usually guides people through a
series of actions.  Say, the user says that she wishes to use pop for
fetching mail, and the wizard then asks "which pop server?"  If the
user said "fetch from the local spool", then the wizard would check
whether /var/spool/mail is there, and suggest that instead.  And so
on.

Customize lets you find your own way through the options.  A wizard
only lets you take certain steps, in (what it considers) proper order.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen

Re: Gnus-ances

[Harry Putnam]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk> writes:
> 
> > > I can almost envision a general framework for Emacs wizards.  It's
> > > mainly a tree of options for the user to navigate through, right? 
> > 
> > That sounds more like customize.
> 
> Well, not all that much.  A wizard usually guides people through a
> series of actions.  Say, the user says that she wishes to use pop for
> fetching mail, and the wizard then asks "which pop server?"  If the
> user said "fetch from the local spool", then the wizard would check
> whether /var/spool/mail is there, and suggest that instead.  And so
> on.
> 
> Customize lets you find your own way through the options.  A wizard
> only lets you take certain steps, in (what it considers) proper order.

Long as its not like tha obnoxious little freak `paperclip guy' that
constantly pops up on my wifes MS-word application.

In my few uses of that app, the little busy paperclip narrowly escaped
being shot.