From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jay Belanger Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Info tutorial is out of date Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 13:42:01 -0500 Message-ID: <87r70l2xza.fsf@vh213602.truman.edu> References: Reply-To: belanger@truman.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1153075347 32104 80.91.229.2 (16 Jul 2006 18:42:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 18:42:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: belanger@truman.edu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 16 20:42:26 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G2BZL-0002Pc-Jd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 20:42:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G2BZK-0001At-RC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 14:42:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G2BZ9-0001Ao-FN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 14:42:07 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G2BZ7-0001Ac-0X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 14:42:07 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G2BZ6-0001AZ-Rb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 14:42:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [24.116.0.230] (helo=S4.cableone.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1G2Bbb-0000Vf-LS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 14:44:39 -0400 Original-Received: from vh213602.truman.edu.truman.edu (unverified [24.116.73.175]) by S4.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S4) with ESMTP id 67076540 for multiple; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 11:42:03 -0700 Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 16 Jul 2006 10:33:42 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-NotAscii: charset=us-ascii X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 0, First 59, in=20, out=0, spam=0 X-External-IP: 24.116.73.175 X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:57114 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: ... > Newbies are overwhelmingly used to using a mouse. Let them do that while > they get the basics of Info. Once they're used to it, they're less likely to change. > Save the teaching of why it's better to learn to use the keyboard > for later. When it will be too late for many. If indeed it is better to use the keyboard (and I think it is), it seems a bad idea to begin by teaching bad habits, however easy these habits may be. Jay