From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs Newbie Info Pages Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 09:38:15 +0300 Message-ID: <86ttekjbxk.fsf@gnu.org> References: Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="24201"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: summeremacs@summerstar.me, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Corwin Brust Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 13 08:38:47 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1sozx8-00068t-QV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 13 Sep 2024 08:38:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sozwh-0004wb-Tk; Fri, 13 Sep 2024 02:38:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sozwg-0004wP-Gq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Sep 2024 02:38:18 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sozwg-0003Xk-2O; Fri, 13 Sep 2024 02:38:18 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=Kal/bYXIgNR9CRidTswGh6+e3ODfFxUKtL7sEIJmBZA=; b=m1wstPPzpSCZ LEsiS9ZlZq6Q/d0aodqu3e+lIT5xKsIsCfooOnUN6cay8VbuRG07YcXAw/THKj0QywgqRqYbsWJgD B70qfgIU/oT/Hc0rquniEilBmJuv2GQPGn4DZ7Vb0akiG+c6yXrNZJ/DfyjDr572RRcrfSLaz8Pwv jn2ZC7HgA3iL3jhWkahj4aGdNM8qmN9XNMJ/03b8TtJBr2Vnelia7XHYH/FwDculfkAuFxqZIgYk2 WbXe5ZatUuNeduFXBzh0hg3mC7yEcXRTSrpphrR3mHLpiVqs8N2wq1409o6yQ0FLwStaTZYeXICr+ 5Uw7nONsgRU0FLwdQ3OmPQ==; In-Reply-To: (message from Corwin Brust on Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:29:40 -0500) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:323574 Archived-At: > From: Corwin Brust > Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:29:40 -0500 > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > > Would it make sense to have a `emacs-welcome-new-user' mode which > "collects" configuration defaults appropriate for new users and > provides means to enable (and, perhaps, disable) them en masse? This was discussed in the past (search the archives), but never went anywhere beyond the discussion. The idea is certainly sensible, but implementing it is a challenge, since different groups of users/usage patterns need different stuff in such a mode.