On 2016-07-11 10:34, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> From: Clément Pit--Claudel >> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 02:54:55 +0200 >> Cc: Nicolas Petton >> >> I tend to hear the same arguments against Emacs all the time. Maybe we could have an FAQ about them on the beautiful new website? (And is this discussion welcome on emacs-devel?) >> >> The top three I get are, from least to most frequent: >> >> * I'd love to use Emacs, but (I hear) it's very slow to start >> (Answers include 'Not if you load packages properly, i.e. if you install them using package.el', 'Starting the GUI version is slower than the command line version', and 'Using an Emacs daemon makes Emacs resume instantly') >> >> * The keybindings are scary >> (Answers include CUA-mode and viper/evil) >> >> * I could learn Emacs, but vi(m) is more useful because it's available everywhere >> (Answer is Tramp, which I've found people to be very impressed by) >> >> Ideally, if people like the idea of an FAQ, we could discuss top items to include; I'm not too interested in starting a thread about Emacs vs. the world. > > We already have a FAQ, so if we want to provide this information, I > think it should be added to the existing FAQ. Hi Nicolas, Thanks; don't you think putting this information in the existing FAQ would drown it, though? There are over 100 questions in there. Clément.