From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Texas Cyberthal Subject: Defaults for noobs, dotfiles for vets [legibility 1/6] Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 12:07:51 +0800 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:45481) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iypVl-0003Ch-MM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Feb 2020 23:08:30 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iypVk-0007bJ-Op for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Feb 2020 23:08:29 -0500 Received: from mail-oi1-x235.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::235]:40266) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iypVk-0007Vd-HT for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Feb 2020 23:08:28 -0500 Received: by mail-oi1-x235.google.com with SMTP id a142so17120888oii.7 for ; Mon, 03 Feb 2020 20:08:28 -0800 (PST) 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: "emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" Beginners spend a while learning to use Emacs as a simple text editor before they're able to do anything more advanced. Their ability to intelligently customize is minimal. Meanwhile experts have automated dotfile deployment, so defaults are almost irrelevant to them. Therefore defaults should be set for inexperienced users. Inexperienced users will mostly use Org for longform prose, since they haven't learned its database functions yet. Since Org aspires to be a personal info manager, it should prioritize prose presentation above code conventions. Concerns about terminal impact appear to be moot, since terminal ignores most font settings.