From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Lennart Borgman" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Please add a "Guided Tour" menu command Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 23:07:49 +0100 Message-ID: References: <878wwen09k.fsf@jurta.org> <87wsfjtl0s.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <88a0562f61538a9866b6ecce1c46c7a6.squirrel@webmail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1225836485 29211 80.91.229.12 (4 Nov 2008 22:08:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 22:08:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Jason Spiro" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 04 23:09:08 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KxU5C-0004o9-82 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:09:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43834 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KxU45-000416-99 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:07:57 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KxU3z-0003z0-M4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:07:51 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KxU3y-0003ym-Ve for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:07:51 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43486 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KxU3y-0003yj-Pf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:07:50 -0500 Original-Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.154]:30425) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KxU3y-00011m-AM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:07:50 -0500 Original-Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so3168668fgb.30 for ; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:07:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=7ovSU0pqQtcJDzqPOnjyvlEL7HZlnr1W8jDEgGYovMw=; b=onEfbIQnd2OL2QXmZBl+NTy1eSvdy1un9Yv2wfFlCBX+GM3Zwfgt4kaKERhX0aMIz9 o37Wv/8RdK1bVuRDs541M+yFQxhMwlFx4Zv+a6j0wqXEUGd2NurcdG9xD/DCb/5o6E6A TJuM5RSgm5ufSrJNlm1ZDnvmU6+AS/zusVq90= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=aW8EFFqDRxdo75WULdytDNQCD3dfvhYzl8I4fw2fACBBPA8jcu0Gvs7544tJ/nBT9A iOVpaPlmMOJVO3SIAFHDUiQ6xjhCMvVXGHzOtFQ/LpjjMTA6Gs7H+slPaD4On/anuz98 7ZsXi6g2lLsw/ctDWTK3SnutSQg/1KTUDnSkw= Original-Received: by 10.86.93.19 with SMTP id q19mr206635fgb.62.1225836469185; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:07:49 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.86.65.3 with HTTP; Tue, 4 Nov 2008 14:07:49 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:105376 Archived-At: On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 11:03 PM, Jason Spiro wrote: > Eli Zaretskii gnu.org> wrote: >> That sounds like a lot of trouble. Why is this so much better than >> having a text document? > > I think it was already explained why the tour is better than the tutorial. Isn't it quite hard to compare two things with different purposes (like Drew explained) in the dimension of "better"? > The advantages of the screenshots is that a screenshot is worth a thousand > words. It shows an Emacs mode in action. And it is in colors ;-) Screenshots are very good to get a quick overview so they fit very nicely in the tour.