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- 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>