From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Scot Becker Subject: Re: Re: Org-mode screencasts Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:23:22 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87tylfvnte.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=42727 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P0XLh-0000mQ-BT for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:23:50 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P0XLf-0003uy-DI for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:23:48 -0400 Received: from mail-bw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.214.41]:38856) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P0XLf-0003ut-3B for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:23:47 -0400 Received: by bwz10 with SMTP id 10so5425112bwz.0 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:23:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Jeff Kowalczyk Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Richard, That's a great intro screencast. Scot On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 7:41 PM, Jeff Kowalczyk wrote: > Eric Abrahamsen ericabrahamsen.net> writes: >> >> One thing that would be really excellent is to show keystrokes as you do >> the tutorial. I don't know what system you're using, but this link: >> >> http://screencasters.heathenx.org/blog/2009/04/06/smaller-key-status-mon= itor/ >> >> >> Rustom Mody wrote: >> >> mwe-log-commands may be particularly useful for an emacs related >> screencast http://www.foldr.org/~michaelw/emacs/mwe-log-commands.el > > It would be extremely nice for screencasting Emacs to have a configurable= input > and prompt display similar to the calc trail. > > Wish list: > > - stack view of the keystream from view-lossage > - annotations (i.e. an overlay) when a binding dispatches a command > =A0using the mechanism from mwe-log-commands. > - annotations of minibuffer prompts > - annotations of keybinding hints > > The view-lossage stream doesn't use the format one would want for user > documentation: > > C-x b f o o v i e w - l o s s a g e > > Something like the following would be more like documentation: > > C-x b [switch-to-buffer] > f o o RET [minibuffer input] > RET [minibuffer prompt confirm] > [visiting buffer] foo > M-x [] > v i e w - l o s s a g e RET [minibuffer input] > [visiting buffer] *Help* > > The parts in [brackets] are intended to indicate some kind of face overla= y. As > uncolored plaintext the information is just distracting. > > Another tool, http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ScreencastMode has good idea= s for > keybinding hints and one-key stepthrough. I don't think the typed-text na= rration > style is a good fit for these particular screencasts and their target aud= ience, > however. > > Jeff > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode >