From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kevin Rodgers Subject: Re: desirability of boxquote-style snippets for helping new users Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:41:56 -0700 Message-ID: References: <20524da70901151741n2ee14a3fta28b32b32d45b132@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20524da70901151741n2ee14a3fta28b32b32d45b132@mail.gmail.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org List-Id: emacs-orgmode.gnu.org Samuel Wales wrote: > I have noticed more people using boxquote and similar ways of setting > off code. This makes it pretty and makes it stand out, both of which > are good things. > > However, most prefix every line. For example, boxquote by default uses "|". > > 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? ,----[ C-h f boxquote-unbox RET ] | boxquote-unbox is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `boxquote.el'. | (boxquote-unbox) | | Remove the boxquote that contains `point'. | | [back] `---- -- Kevin Rodgers Denver, Colorado, USA