Re: Release notes
On 30 March 2013 17:10, Justin B Rye <justin.byam.rye@gmail.com> wrote:
> Daniel Hartwig wrote:
>>
>> Right, and I do not see how ‘visual mode’ is misleading?
>
> I've explained it already, but the reason it's not obvious to you is
> that you're not some
> slow-witted, ignorant newbie,
> and therefore don't
> have much practice looking at documentation from the appropriate
> angle.
Ok, I was not aware that the release notes were attempting to cater to
such a special interest group.
> You're using the term "visual mode" to distinguish that UI
> from another one, which is therefore... what, "olfactory mode"? Are
> users not expected to read "Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?]" using
> their eyes?
That would be the command line interface, which is more verbal than
visual in nature.
> The term "visual mode" is a fossil from the days when vi was an
> innovatively friendly piece of interface design.
>
>> By the way,
>> current aptitude manual prefers the term ‘visual interface’, ‘mode’ is
>> used only once and I have just changed that.
>
> So even if our policy is "stick to the canonical label", we ought to
> change it.
No, this was just a note. The two terms are similar enough with the
key word being visual. Both documents have used their respective
terms for some time, so no pressing reason to change.
> Alternatively, if you still think "visual" is a valid
> description as well as just an arbitrary label,
I do not think it is an arbitrary label.
> why shouldn't we use
> other valid descriptions as well?
>
Consistency with the aptitude manual. If you do not care for that,
then do what you like. I don't see any reason to change it in
aptitude, but then I am not in the habit of catering to the
aforementioned special interest group.
Regards
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