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From: Marlon Richert <marlon.richert@gmail.com>
To: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
Cc: Zsh hackers list <zsh-workers@zsh.org>
Subject: Re: Rewrite of zsh-newuser-install
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2021 10:12:56 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9C8233D1-5C87-4926-91CA-1F9B1858C5E4@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAH+w=7bZyvY+pn=7qxS3dz3+Mev=j-RcqBQRBHD=Ht4TVa6nTw@mail.gmail.com>



> On 14. Feb 2021, at 2.34, Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com> wrote:
> I would suggest that (1) there be a path into (a possibly less verbose
> version of) the current zsh-newuser-install questionnaire, with the
> default choice being to simply install the "recommended" zshrc, and
> (2) the recommended file include the $startline and $endline markers
> so that someone who wants to dive into the questionnaire later can do
> so.

No, I completely disagree here. I don’t think anybody wants the questionnaire. It’s extremely cumbersome to use. Editing your .zshrc file is actually easier. The hard part is trying to figure out what to put in there and what it all actually does. That’s what we’re trying to help new users with here.


> This also leaves open the possibility that (3) we could offer two
> "recommended" zshrc files, the one we've been working on here and a
> minimalist one as described by Roman.

My feeling is that the % of new users that actually wants what Roman describes it is tiny. And those that do want it can a) choose not to run zsh-newuser-install and write such a simple .zshrc file themselves or b) just delete what they don’t like from the generated .zshrc file. Let’s not add unnecessary moving parts to this. Let’s instead focus on getting new users a better out-of-the-box experience.



  reply	other threads:[~2021-02-14  8:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 117+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-06 20:03 Marlon Richert
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2021-02-06 20:19   ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-06 20:33     ` Lawrence Velázquez
2021-02-06 21:54       ` Bart Schaefer
2021-02-07 13:41       ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-07 13:51         ` Roman Perepelitsa
2021-02-07 17:10           ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-07 17:28             ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-07 20:20               ` Bart Schaefer
2021-02-07 21:06             ` dana
2021-02-07 21:15               ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-08 21:57                 ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-08 23:33                   ` Lawrence Velázquez
2021-02-09  1:42                   ` Bart Schaefer
2021-02-09  2:00                     ` Bart Schaefer
2021-02-09  8:18                       ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-09 23:09                         ` Bart Schaefer
2021-02-09  8:17                     ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-09  8:29                       ` Roman Perepelitsa
2021-02-09 23:16                         ` Bart Schaefer
2021-02-12  0:09                       ` Bart Schaefer
2021-02-12  5:58                         ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-09  4:51                   ` dana
2021-02-09  6:00                     ` Bart Schaefer
2021-02-09  7:30                       ` dana
2021-02-09  7:34                         ` dana
2021-02-09  9:55                       ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-09 10:01                         ` Roman Perepelitsa
2021-02-09 10:04                           ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-09 10:56                             ` dana
2021-02-09 11:14                               ` Roman Perepelitsa
2021-02-09 11:39                               ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-09 17:21                                 ` dana
2021-02-09 21:01                                   ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-09 21:41                                     ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-09 23:15                                       ` dana
2021-02-10  0:02                                         ` Bart Schaefer
2021-02-10  7:02                                           ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-10  6:57                                         ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-12  0:10                                           ` Bart Schaefer
2021-02-12  5:59                                             ` Roman Perepelitsa
2021-02-13  0:23                                               ` dana
2021-02-10  2:30                                       ` Bart Schaefer
2021-02-10  7:44                                         ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-10 20:27                                           ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-11  8:30                                             ` Bart Schaefer
2021-02-11 21:11                                               ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-11 22:57                                                 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-02-12  5:49                                                   ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-12  5:47                                               ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-12 23:43                                                 ` Oliver Kiddle
2021-02-13  1:11                                                 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-02-12 23:26                                             ` Oliver Kiddle
2021-02-13  0:15                                               ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-13  1:33                                                 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-02-13  1:36                                                 ` Oliver Kiddle
2021-02-13  2:53                                                   ` Bart Schaefer
2021-02-13 10:26                                                   ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-13 22:53                                                     ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-14  0:34                                                       ` Bart Schaefer
2021-02-14  8:12                                                         ` Marlon Richert [this message]
2021-02-13 22:56                                                     ` Bart Schaefer
2021-02-14  8:01                                                       ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-19 21:38                                                         ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-20  0:30                                                           ` dana
2021-02-20  8:18                                                             ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-20 18:57                                                               ` Bart Schaefer
2021-02-21 19:24                                                                 ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-24 22:15                                                               ` dana
2021-02-25  8:05                                                                 ` Daniel Shahaf
2021-02-25 16:58                                                                   ` dana
2021-02-26 22:31                                                                   ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-27 13:21                                                                     ` Daniel Shahaf
2021-02-27 13:46                                                                       ` Daniel Shahaf
2021-03-19 22:12                                                                       ` Marlon Richert
2021-03-24 13:45                                                                         ` gi1242+zsh
2021-03-24 14:16                                                                           ` Paul
2021-03-24 17:44                                                                           ` Bart Schaefer
2021-03-24 20:38                                                                             ` Marlon Richert
2021-03-25  3:36                                                                         ` Paul
2021-04-05 18:16                                                                         ` Daniel Shahaf
2021-04-05 18:52                                                                           ` Sorting of <-> (was Re: Rewrite of zsh-newuser-install) Bart Schaefer
2021-04-05 21:31                                                                           ` Rewrite of zsh-newuser-install gammafunction
2021-04-07 14:45                                                                           ` Marlon
2021-04-09 16:49                                                                             ` Marlon
2021-04-09 23:14                                                                               ` Daniel Shahaf
2021-04-10  1:17                                                                                 ` Oliver Kiddle
2021-04-07 18:17                                                                           ` Mikael Magnusson
2021-04-07 18:56                                                                             ` Daniel Shahaf
2021-03-24 10:00                                                                       ` Marlon Richert
2021-03-25  1:15                                                                         ` Daniel Shahaf
2021-04-05 14:00                                                                           ` Marlon Richert
2021-04-05 18:36                                                                             ` Daniel Shahaf
2021-04-05 19:22                                                                               ` Daniel Shahaf
2021-02-22  3:54                                                           ` Paul
2021-02-22  8:14                                                             ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-22 16:31                                                               ` Bug in compdescribe with matcher 'b:-=+' Bart Schaefer
2021-06-14  8:28                                                                 ` Marlon Richert
2021-08-12 12:03                                                                   ` Marlon Richert
2021-08-12 16:15                                                                     ` Bart Schaefer
2021-02-19 21:34                                                       ` Rewrite of zsh-newuser-install Marlon Richert
2021-02-13  1:28                                               ` Bart Schaefer
2021-02-13  1:34                                                 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-04-22 13:57                                               ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-09 23:05                                 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-02-09  9:44                     ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-09 18:13                       ` Greg Klanderman
2021-02-08  9:21               ` Peter Stephenson
2021-02-08  6:35             ` Daniel Shahaf
2021-02-08  8:44               ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-08  8:46                 ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-08 10:32                   ` Daniel Shahaf
2021-02-08 17:44                     ` Marlon Richert
2021-02-08 20:47                       ` Bart Schaefer
2021-02-09 21:44             ` Eric Cook
2021-02-09 22:34               ` Bart Schaefer
2021-02-07 20:22         ` Bart Schaefer

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