Re: cua-mode and the tutorial

[Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se>]

Kim F. Storm wrote:
>> A possible solution is perhaps to tell replace C-v in the tutorial
>> with the actual key to use. However that requires rewriting the text
>> since there are also sentences like "do it by holding down the CONTROL
>> key while typing v". (And there are many languages to rewrite.) Maybe
>> that sentence could be removed?
>>     
>
> It could.  But again there are many languages to consider, and
> this is part of text files, not generated in Lisp.
>
>   
>>> It would be much better if you just placed a few yellow lines
>>> near the top with the following wording:
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> Having less information there is maybe a solution, yes. And using help
>> buffer for details. However I do believe that the tutorial should try
>> to tell the actual key bindings that the user will use. Is not that
>> much easier for those that use CUA mode for example?
>>     
>
> But it gives it in the wrong language (except for the English tutorial).
>
> Having just a few lines in English is ok IMO.
>   
Or maybe have them in the language choosen in form of some specially 
marked text in the text file?

I would like some more feedback from other on your suggestion above 
before I proceed.


> I hope so :-)  but with cua-mode enabled, many basic things in 
> the tutorial could be explained quite differently -- but there 
> is no way to do than in >1 languages.
>   
I would like pointers to CUA mode att relevant places (but not on too 
many places) in the manual.

> I don't really care that much (it's a long time since I needed to run
> the tutorial, and I never got used to the native bindings anyway).
>   
I think we might be a bit biased.

> Maybe you could highlight [yellow background] C-v (and similar
> bindings used in the tutorial) if they have non-standard bindings.
> Then users will be alerted to the fact that they don't work as
> expected and they should consult the instructions at the beginning of
> the tutorial!  You could even put a tool-tip on them to show the
> actual binding to use instead.
>   
I did that in one version. I made links going to the yellow part at the 
top. I could put it back.