From: Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>
To: Charles Philip Chan <cpchan@bell.net>
Cc: Org-mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: OT: italics [was: Re: take the name of org-class event from heading]
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 11:21:21 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <10158.1340464881@alphaville> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Message from Charles Philip Chan <cpchan@bell.net> of "Sat, 23 Jun 2012 04:00:01 EDT." <BLU0-SMTP4619D4DB3EC5DF41E404C8BBE30@phx.gbl>
Charles Philip Chan <cpchan@bell.net> wrote:
> "Sebastien Vauban" <wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com> writes:
>
> Hi Seb:
>
> > Not really: there are commands `boxquote-unbox' and
> > `boxquote-unbox-region' for that.
>
> Yes, I am aware of these commands. However, not everyone uses Emacs. ;-)
>
Even in emacs however, that's an extra step (iirc, unbox is also finicky
about where the cursor should be in order for it to work: I get it wrong
a substantial percentage of the time and have to try again, which adds
to the aggravation. It's also not bound to a key by default, which adds a
little bit of aggravation too.)
Besides, when I used boxquotes for everything, it was (iirc) Seb who
took me to task when he wanted to run a code snippet, so even though he
speaks a different language now, don't believe him: he was right the
first time :-)
But seriously, the guiding principle should be:
"What can I do to make the life of whoever decides to read this and help
me with it, as easy as possible?"
or from the other end
"What can I do to make my reply as useful as possible?"
THe content remains paramount of course, but these little things help.
Nick
PS. BTW, do as I say, not as I do: I don't always follow my advice :-)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-23 15:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-22 15:27 take the name of org-class event from heading Enda
2012-06-22 15:44 ` Nick Dokos
2012-06-22 15:48 ` Enda
2012-06-22 16:03 ` Nick Dokos
2012-06-22 16:06 ` Enda
2012-06-22 16:18 ` Nick Dokos
2012-06-22 22:21 ` OT: italics [was: Re: take the name of org-class event from heading] Nick Dokos
2012-06-22 22:45 ` Charles Philip Chan
2012-06-22 23:39 ` Nick Dokos
2012-06-23 0:10 ` Charles Philip Chan
2012-06-23 7:41 ` Sebastien Vauban
2012-06-23 8:00 ` Charles Philip Chan
2012-06-23 8:35 ` Sebastien Vauban
2012-06-23 15:21 ` Nick Dokos [this message]
2012-06-23 23:16 ` Charles Philip Chan
2012-06-24 12:34 ` Sebastien Vauban
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