Re: Auto Fill Comments

[Christopher Dimech]

> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2020 at 9:58 AM
> From: tomas@tuxteam.de
> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Auto Fill Comments
>
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 02:49:37AM +0100, Christopher Dimech wrote:
> >
> > > Sent: Monday, November 30, 2020 at 2:06 AM
> > > From: "Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor" 
> > > <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> > > To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> > > Subject: Re: Auto Fill Comments
> > >
> > > Christopher Dimech wrote:
> > >
> > > > The problem starts with actually trying to do something after
> > > > deciding to give elisp a try. Very often this requires a lot of
> > > > emacs specific knowledge [...]
>
> > > Like every computer system, there isn't any method except use the
> > > darn thing every day and learn something new every day.
> >
> > Learning by doing.  Sounds like an episode from M.A.S.H. :)
>
> Actually yes, I concur witn Emanuel here. Many human activities (and
> the more complex, the merrier) involve a part which might be called
> "craft" -- something you can learn only by trying, failing, trying
> again. This applies uniformly to proving math theorems, cooking,
> driving a bike -- and to bending Emacs to your will.
>
> The manual can't do this part for you :-)

Correct.  Still I am working on that and have included it in formal work.
If Gnu work continues to be simply a spare time thing many problems will
arise as we are witnessing.  People can quickly make a comparison, particularly
those working is serious settings but are interested in using free software.
Thumbing them or assume that volunteers have better skills is fundamentally
wrong.  I have encountered this many times on gnu mailing list.  Although,
it is to be said that it is the administrators of the package that actually
set the agenda.

Regards.
C*




> Cheers
>  - t
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