On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 3:23 PM, john lunzer <[email protected]> wrote:
> A new user recently said to me, "Leo is powerful and flexible -- and > complex and bewildering". This is true. I believe it is always the goal of > developers to make their software less complex and bewildering but keep in > mind that Leo has been in development for over 20 years and has ~1.5 > million lines of code (IIRC). This puts it right up there with Vim and > Emacs in terms of maturity. My own experience with Vim and Emacs have been > quite similar to my experience with Leo. All three are powerful and > flexible and complex and bewildering in their own right. > > I believe with tools of this weight and impact, there will always be an > investment in learning them. They're all vast forests of features filled > with hidden treasures and in the case of each of them he/she that invests > in the tool will be rewarded for their effort. It is, however, the > responsibility of the community (led by the developers) to help make that > treasure hunt as enjoyable and adventurous as possible, as any good > treasure hunt should be. > > And this is where Leo does not falter, in the helpfulness of its community > (small though it may be). I will reiterate what Edward has said many times, > do not struggle on your own if you are lost, confused, or bewildered. > Please ask questions. If the documentation or examples do not meet your > needs, please ask questions. In my own experience as a once new user (though > there may be the occasional disagreement) you will not be chided, > scorned, or belittled but will be met with more even more help than you > originally asked for. > Many thanks for this superior intro to Leo. I'll find a place for it. Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
