From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: ndame <ndame@protonmail.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Making Emacs more friendly to newcomers
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 23:14:37 -0400 [thread overview]
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> The solution mentioned earlier in the thread can work well: Emacs defaults
> stay Emacs-like to satisfy the veterans, but if a new user downloads
> emacs and starts it without a config file then an optional initial config is
> prominently offered which can ease the transition for new users, make emacs
> less alien, more similar to existing systems.
I agree this could be a good thing if it is done well.
It would be nice to make it easy for a user's configuration to
select this alternate interface even after making a nontrivial .emacs file
and specifying other parameters.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)
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2020-04-21 15:27 Making Emacs more friendly to newcomers ndame
2020-04-22 3:14 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
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2020-04-27 17:50 ndame
2020-04-27 18:07 ` Arthur Miller
2020-04-28 0:13 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-30 2:26 ` Richard Stallman
2020-04-30 5:58 ` ndame
2020-05-02 2:21 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-02 15:52 ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-02 15:59 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-02 17:00 ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-02 18:20 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-02 18:55 ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-04 3:05 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-05 14:08 ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-06 4:46 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-06 18:14 ` Nikita Mogilevsky
2020-05-07 2:48 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-02 16:25 ` ndame
2020-05-02 19:04 ` Drew Adams
2020-05-02 19:36 ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-02 20:05 ` Drew Adams
2020-05-02 21:16 ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-02 22:16 ` Drew Adams
2020-05-03 3:42 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-05 13:58 ` Arthur Miller
2020-04-20 6:22 ndame
2020-04-20 10:08 ` Po Lu
2020-04-21 1:50 ` Richard Stallman
2020-04-21 2:09 ` Po Lu
2020-04-21 8:44 ` Theodor Thornhill
2020-04-22 4:30 ` Po Lu
2020-04-22 7:01 ` Theodor Thornhill
2020-04-23 3:10 ` Po Lu
2020-04-22 16:45 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-04-22 17:16 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-23 3:11 ` Po Lu
2020-04-23 12:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-04-24 5:24 ` Po Lu
2020-04-26 18:40 ` Yuan Fu
2020-04-27 4:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-04-24 2:34 ` Richard Stallman
2020-04-24 2:39 ` 조성빈
2020-04-24 2:42 ` 조성빈
2020-04-24 7:33 ` Theodor Thornhill
2020-04-25 3:30 ` Richard Stallman
2020-04-25 3:32 ` 조성빈
2020-04-26 3:19 ` Richard Stallman
2020-04-26 14:32 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-26 15:14 ` tomas
2020-04-26 16:32 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-26 16:36 ` tomas
2020-04-21 2:10 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-21 3:45 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-04-21 4:44 ` chad
2020-04-22 3:19 ` Richard Stallman
2020-04-22 3:31 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-16 14:58 "Why is emacs so square?" Drew Adams
2020-04-16 15:34 ` Joseph Garvin
2020-04-17 22:05 ` Ahmed Khanzada
2020-04-19 2:18 ` Richard Stallman
2020-04-19 2:33 ` Po Lu
2020-04-19 4:55 ` ndame
2020-04-19 6:14 ` Making Emacs more friendly to newcomers (was: "Why is emacs so square?") Po Lu
2020-04-19 6:54 ` Eduardo Ochs
2020-04-19 7:22 ` Making Emacs more friendly to newcomers Po Lu
2020-04-19 8:05 ` Making Emacs more friendly to newcomers (was: "Why is emacs so square?") 조성빈
2020-04-19 8:12 ` ndame
2020-04-19 8:21 ` Making Emacs more friendly to newcomers Po Lu
2020-04-19 8:25 ` ndame
2020-04-19 9:30 ` Po Lu
2020-04-19 22:44 ` Sébastien Gendre
2020-04-20 0:36 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-04-20 3:32 ` Tim Cross
2020-04-20 9:54 ` Po Lu
2020-04-20 13:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-04-21 8:52 ` Po Lu
2020-04-21 13:57 ` Simen Heggestøyl
2020-04-21 15:36 ` Yuan Fu
2020-04-22 3:14 ` Richard Stallman
2020-04-22 4:33 ` Po Lu
2020-04-23 6:33 ` Ahmed Khanzada
2020-04-23 10:14 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-04-23 14:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-20 4:53 ` Po Lu
2020-04-20 6:08 ` 조성빈
2020-04-20 9:53 ` Po Lu
2020-04-20 13:07 ` 조성빈
2020-04-20 15:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-21 2:06 ` Po Lu
2020-04-21 2:17 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-21 4:42 ` Po Lu
2020-04-21 13:55 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-22 4:41 ` Po Lu
2020-04-22 8:13 ` Sergey Organov
2020-04-22 3:19 ` Richard Stallman
2020-04-22 11:33 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-23 7:04 ` Ahmed Khanzada
2020-04-23 14:20 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-23 14:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-23 15:32 ` Yuan Fu
2020-04-27 16:09 ` Arthur Miller
2020-04-27 16:43 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2020-04-20 14:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-21 12:43 ` Sébastien Gendre
2020-04-21 14:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-22 1:35 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-22 3:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-04-22 13:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-22 17:46 ` chad
2020-04-22 22:52 ` Yuan Fu
2020-04-23 0:12 ` chad
2020-04-23 0:49 ` Yuan Fu
2020-04-22 17:55 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-19 13:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-19 19:14 ` Drew Adams
2020-04-19 22:50 ` Po Lu
2020-04-19 8:16 ` Po Lu
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