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> From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
> Date: 27 Apr 2004 11:54:51 +0200
> 
> So I have a vested interest in moving Emacs to a state where one can
> throw it at a newbie without preconfiguration and can hope for a
> tolerable balance of achieved tasks and incited frustration even on
> early parts of the learning curve.

I'm with you on this one, but this goal cannot be really translated
into practical tasks before we agree on what we want the newbie to be
able to accomplish without spending a weekend learning Emacs.  For
example, the basic editing tasks---cursor motion, text insertion and
deletion, and visiting and saving files---support the standard keys
and menu-bar items that every newbie should be able top find easily,
even without reading the docs.