From: Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: desirability of boxquote-style snippets for helping new users
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:56:29 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878wpb8tgy.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20524da70901151741n2ee14a3fta28b32b32d45b132@mail.gmail.com
"Samuel Wales" <samologist@gmail.com> writes:
Hi Samuel,
> While an experienced user can figure out rectangle commands or write a
> command to unpack the quote, new users and users who can't type much
> might skip using the code to avoid having to do that. And a very new
> user could actually stick the whole thing in .emacs and wonder why it
> doesn't work. It adds to the burden of fixing a problem or meeting a
> need in emacs without providing much benefit. Even a few keystrokes
> can do that.
>
> Perhaps quotes of code, in all packages like boxquote, could by
> default get fancy only on the lines precediing and following.
>
> What do you think?
I think the best you can do is: Use boxquote for citations of
key/function/variable/info docs, but for code use
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(defun foo (a b)
(if (> a b)
(* a b)
(foo (foo (- b a) a) (- a b))))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
which is
,----[ C-h k C-c M-m ]
| C-c M-m runs the command message-mark-inserted-region, which is an interactive
| compiled Lisp function in `message.el'.
|
| It is bound to C-c M-m, <menu-bar> <Message> <Insert Region Marked>.
|
| (message-mark-inserted-region beg end &optional verbatim)
|
| Mark some region in the current article with enclosing tags.
| See `message-mark-insert-begin' and `message-mark-insert-end'.
| If verbatim, use slrn style verbatim marks ("#v+" and "#v-").
`----
That's highlighted by gnus (and some other readers), too, and you can
simply copy & paste it somewhere. It even tells you where to cut! ;-)
Bye,
Tassilo
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-16 9:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-16 1:41 desirability of boxquote-style snippets for helping new users Samuel Wales
2009-01-16 2:13 ` Matthew Lundin
2009-01-16 2:32 ` Austin Frank
2009-01-16 3:34 ` Matthew Lundin
2009-01-16 4:41 ` Kevin Rodgers
2023-08-18 20:46 ` Samuel Wales
2009-01-16 9:56 ` Tassilo Horn [this message]
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