On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 7:10:50 AM UTC-6, Edward K. Ream wrote: > > On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 11:52:57 AM UTC-6, Edward K. Ream wrote: >> >> >> Imo, tutorials will always be needed, but buttons may provide much needed >> hints/scents/breadcrumbs. >> >> Furthermore, Leo's documentation (and ui) should make as clear as >> possible what these main tasks are! >> > > On further thought, it seems that Leo is already close to providing the > necessary "scents of the goals". They are, or easily could be, found in > the help menu. > > A user trying to use Leo without reading or watching the tutorials is > unlikely ever to discover how to do Leo's two primary tasks: > > 1. creating external files and > > 2. script Leo to access data in the outline. > > **No amount of ui trickery can change this fact**. Therefore, the primary > "scents" will always be pointers to tutorials! > > For example, adding buttons for newbies would be ui junk. If the help menu > does not suffice, nothing else will either. > > That's the main idea. Some details: > > 1. The help menu can be improved. It should contain: > > - items that open Leo's text and video tutorials online. > > - items that tell how to create external files within Leo itself. > (help-for-creating-external-files). > > - nothing else. This means creating, say, a new Files (plural) menu and a > new Settings menu. > > 2. <alt-x> ? must not be *just* an Easter Egg: newbies don't know about > Easter Eggs! Presumably this means a new help-related command. > > Some invention will be required: <alt-x> ? is great because it uses the > minibuffer effectively. Alas, newbies might have trouble with typing > completion. > > This is the time for comments, my friends. > > Edward >
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