From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jack Kamm Subject: Re: customizing Org for legibility Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2020 08:17:40 -0800 Message-ID: <87sgjuuvrv.fsf@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:59398) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ixvTm-0008ET-3B for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2020 11:18:43 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ixvTl-0003ol-1c for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2020 11:18:42 -0500 Received: from mail-pl1-x62d.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::62d]:44489) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ixvTk-0003nz-Qm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2020 11:18:40 -0500 Received: by mail-pl1-x62d.google.com with SMTP id d9so4037685plo.11 for ; Sat, 01 Feb 2020 08:18:40 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: Texas Cyberthal , Diego Zamboni , Eric Cc: "emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" > One thing I don't understand: It seems that GUI and terminal modes are > completely different. Rather than constrain GUI defaults to terminal > limitations, it makes sense to gracefully degrade them when a terminal > is detected. I assume that terminal users don't care about variable > pitch. They're likely doing sysadmin, with little or no prose > interaction. Personally, I run emacs in daemon mode, and often have both GUI and terminal emacsclients connected to the same session. So I like to have settings that work well in both. I agree terminal users typically won't want variable pitch, but disagree that they are generally doing sysadmin -- I know users who use org-mode for their notes, but prefer to use emacs in the terminal. Speaking to my own preferences -- I prefer fixed-width for editing text, whether it's prose or code. For example, if I execute a command to move the cursor down 10 lines, I like to know where my cursor is going to end up. Fixed-width also works better for certain editing commands, such as rectangle commands. I am not sure what the majority preference is here, but it would be interesting to know, and also how it distributes across old-timers and newcomers. Ideally, it should be easy to accommodate all preferences, with a small amount of configuration and easily discoverable documentation.