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From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
Cc: Kai.Grossjohann@cs.uni-dortmund.de, rms@gnu.org,
	mlang@delysid.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: German tutorial fix
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 18:37:49 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <968-Thu16May2002183749+0300-eliz@is.elta.co.il> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E178LxX-0005lA-00@eris.void.at> (message from Andreas Fuchs on Thu, 16 May 2002 16:10:23 +0200)

> From: Andreas Fuchs <asf@void.at>
> Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 16:10:23 +0200
> 
> Today, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il> wrote:
> > IMHO, the tutorial needs to be reworked, now that basic cursor motion
> > is no longer a mystery for novices.  So the "BASIC CURSOR CONTROL"
> > section should be a lot shorter than it is now.  It should just tell
> > that cursor motion keys ``work as usual'', and show the keyboard
> > equivalents of the editing keys (C-n for <down>, C-f for <right>,
> > etc.), telling the new users they are advised to learn them because
> > those keys allow for faster typing.
> 
> Actually, I think it is a good idea to have newbies use the C-n, C-p
> etc. bindings. They reduce hand movements, keep the fingers on the
> relevant keys and increase typing speed. Getting used to them is a
> little hard, but is essential

Sure.  And that's exactly what I tried to say in slightly different
words.

What I think we don't need is to explain, demonstrate, and drill the
user in basic cursor motion.  Just tell them the keyboard
equivalents, explain why they are important, and be done with them.

  reply	other threads:[~2002-05-16 15:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-05-14 13:07 German tutorial fix Mario Lang
2002-05-14 15:05 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-05-16  7:22   ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-16 10:37     ` Kai Großjohann
2002-05-16 12:52       ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-16 14:10         ` Andreas Fuchs
2002-05-16 15:37           ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2002-05-17 19:28         ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-18  0:44           ` Francesco Potorti`
2002-05-18  2:00             ` Miles Bader
2002-05-18  7:17               ` Andreas Fuchs
2002-05-18 11:59               ` Francesco Potorti`
2002-05-18 12:12                 ` Miles Bader
2002-05-18 12:55                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-18 13:11                     ` Andreas Fuchs
2002-05-19  4:56                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-19  5:30                       ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-18 20:36                     ` Kim F. Storm
2002-05-20 22:58                   ` Francesco Potorti`
2002-05-19  5:30                 ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-19 12:54                   ` Alex Schroeder
2002-05-19 13:30                     ` Miles Bader
2002-05-19 14:47                       ` Stefan Monnier
2002-05-19 15:26                       ` Alex Schroeder
2002-05-19 16:10                         ` Miles Bader
2002-05-20 10:47                           ` Alex Schroeder
2002-05-23 19:45                         ` Robert J. Chassell
2002-05-23 23:45                           ` Alex Schroeder
2002-05-20 14:48                       ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-18 14:18               ` Alex Schroeder
2002-05-18  6:44             ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-19 19:44             ` Robert J. Chassell
2002-05-20 14:40               ` Mario Lang
2002-05-20 21:13                 ` Colin Walters
2002-05-17 19:28       ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-15  0:13 ` Werner LEMBERG
2002-05-15  4:41   ` Eli Zaretskii

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