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diff --git a/2022/talks/fanfare.md b/2022/talks/fanfare.md index 67212549..22c680a1 100644 --- a/2022/talks/fanfare.md +++ b/2022/talks/fanfare.md @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ modes. - What a wonderful talk. You knocked it out of the park. Thank you so much. -- \"Psychic baggage\" with emacs\-- awareness of possibilities left +- "Psychic baggage" with emacs-- awareness of possibilities left behind and opportunity costs. - Possibly related: - <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY> Mother of all demos @@ -61,14 +61,14 @@ modes. ## Questions and answers - Q: I have not only One config, but multiple configs in different - locations\... .emacs/init.el and .emacs.d/init.el and different + locations... .emacs/init.el and .emacs.d/init.el and different Python installs in different places. Is this something that I should take care of earlier rather than later? I need to pay someone to - \"consult\" on my config. Is this an existing business? Is there a + "consult" on my config. Is this an existing business? Is there a place to barter a screen share for something else of value in exchange? In any case, thank you for giving permission to have fun without the need for too much structure. - - A: Good quetion\... I\'m humbled and will give it some thought. + - A: Good quetion... I'm humbled and will give it some thought. The Buddy emacs system would be a good place to start. - Now after having thought some more, I think it depends on your comfort level when the best time to reorganize your various @@ -77,11 +77,11 @@ modes. represent different mental contexts. If the separation starts causing stress or extra effort, at least you then know you have a good reason for merging them - - and won\'t be doing it just for its own sake. I still think the + - and won't be doing it just for its own sake. I still think the Emacs Buddy Initiative sounds like a great way for people to - trade eyeballs on stuff like this. And there\'s always the - famous rule: just post it somewhere and say it\'s the best - approach, and you\'ll get dozens of people giving you free + trade eyeballs on stuff like this. And there's always the + famous rule: just post it somewhere and say it's the best + approach, and you'll get dozens of people giving you free advice on how to improve it! - Q:How would you suggest Emacs developers (including package developers) interface with non-developer users and get their @@ -98,57 +98,57 @@ modes. keep to themselves. - Side note.: sourchut allows multiple repos one one mailing list for smaller packages -- Q: It\'s my impression that many \"common\" Emacs users are +- Q: It's my impression that many "common" Emacs users are migrating to other editors in past years. The reasons cited include configurations growing out of control, and the general - rough-around-the-edges feel of Emacs that they\'ve been putting up - with for a while. (Maybe this isn\'t a new phenomenon) As a result, + rough-around-the-edges feel of Emacs that they've been putting up + with for a while. (Maybe this isn't a new phenomenon) As a result, Emacs is becoming home to a *smaller* set of people who are ever *more* invested in it. Do you share this observation? If you do, what do you think of this trend? - A: My impression has been that there has been a large net - increase in Emacs users in the last, let\'s say, 5-10 years, + increase in Emacs users in the last, let's say, 5-10 years, probably due to the popularity of tools including, but not - limited to, org, starter kits, magit, others I can\'t remember - due to a tired brain. One of the hypotheses that I couldn\'t fit + limited to, org, starter kits, magit, others I can't remember + due to a tired brain. One of the hypotheses that I couldn't fit in my talk was that I doubted that anyone ever really left Emacs. Maybe they do some other tasks with other tools (I - myself already don\'t use it for all my programming), but they + myself already don't use it for all my programming), but they always have some use for it. That could be wrong, of course. I agreee that there may be subpopulations of Emacs users whose proportions and philosophies change over time. I think the coming years will be about those groups finding common ground, but I think the overall population is doing OK at the moment. I - could just be too committed to Emacs\' utility to notice other + could just be too committed to Emacs' utility to notice other things too much. - Q:Do you consider that using one of the starter packages (doom emacs, spacemacs, etc.) affect that learning process that you mentioned? or is it a good thing from your perspective? - - A: I don\'t have personal experience with a starter package, but - I\'m somewhat familiar with how those two at least work. I think + - A: I don't have personal experience with a starter package, but + I'm somewhat familiar with how those two at least work. I think any way is fine for getting started, and would just make your experience different when and if you started to outgrow it or - get curious. Again, I\'m technically ignorant about this, but my + get curious. Again, I'm technically ignorant about this, but my gut tells me that you could also learn and build a very advanced experience completely inside those kits, and that would still be - a great thing, and comparing it to \"standard\" Emacs might be + a great thing, and comparing it to "standard" Emacs might be more of an academic distinction for those people. If they picked - those up with the INTENTION of one day outgrowing them, that\'s + those up with the INTENTION of one day outgrowing them, that's also interesting. I think it would be a personal matter whether that was the right choice. I think at least SOME people would feel that they should have just went straight to standard Emacs, - but I don\'t know/feel strongly enough to have a strong belief. -- Q: Would a \"Tip of the Day\" package or some elaboration on that + but I don't know/feel strongly enough to have a strong belief. +- Q: Would a "Tip of the Day" package or some elaboration on that idea in Emacs help discovery for lay users? Does that already exist? - - A: I\'m sure something like that exists, but at the time of the + - A: I'm sure something like that exists, but at the time of the question I could not think of one. I think something like that could help if you got the tips that were appropriate for your situation at the time. I know in other applications, I often end - up seeing \"Tip of the Day\" as something that gets in my way, + up seeing "Tip of the Day" as something that gets in my way, even if I enabled it myself. Maybe a tip-on-demand? It might be hard to provide a stream of tips that can stay interesting and - appropriate for a person\'s skill level for a long time, and be - available when they were receptive to them. Now I\'m having + appropriate for a person's skill level for a long time, and be + available when they were receptive to them. Now I'm having ideas about how to show context-sensitive animated tips. Perhaps one day I will have a better answer! - There is <https://nitter.net/emacstips> |