Re: dash.el [was: Re: Imports / inclusion of s.el into Emacs]

[Jean-Christophe Helary]

> On May 20, 2020, at 0:14, Stefan Kangas <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> João Távora <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> Let's make a tip-of-the-day or something like that.  This
>> isn't exactly a new problem in UI design. Most importantly
>> let's fix these shortcomings before using them as an excuse
>> to do fundamental changes to the way we organize and
>> develop software.
> 
> I have no well-formed opinion on `C-h p', but I do think a "tip of the
> day" feature could be a good idea.  It's obviously not a silver bullet,
> but it can be useful within its limits.
> 
> There is on-going work to the splash screen, and I have had the loose
> idea to maybe suggest placing a "tip of the day" there.

Why not in the echo area ?

> I think the biggest challenge is to make it useful enough that users
> will actively want to read it.  Otherwise, they will just ignore it.

Make it contextual. Like, display a command in the current mode that the user 
has not used yet.


Jean-Christophe Helary
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