From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Some findings and suggestion about Emacs on w32 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:13:50 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <008d01c4b886$32d07ff0$0200a8c0@sedrcw11488> <00d901c4b900$9b774500$0200a8c0@sedrcw11488> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1098692080 26628 80.91.229.6 (25 Oct 2004 08:14:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:14:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guy@wyrdrune.com, Lennart Borgman , Emacs Devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 25 10:14:27 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CLzzm-0007SM-00 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:14:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CM07P-0005sg-M8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 04:22:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CM072-0005sS-FO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 04:21:56 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CM071-0005sG-U7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 04:21:56 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CM071-0005sC-Lt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 04:21:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [212.88.64.25] (helo=mail-relay.sonofon.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CLzz9-0008B6-Ds for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 04:13:47 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 39358 invoked from network); 25 Oct 2004 08:13:45 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk) (213.83.150.2) by 0 with SMTP; 25 Oct 2004 08:13:45 -0000 Original-To: David Kastrup In-Reply-To: (David Kastrup's message of "Mon, 25 Oct 2004 09:13:57 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) 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: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:28883 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:28883 David Kastrup writes: > storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: > >> "Lennart Borgman" writes: >> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Kim F. Storm" >>> >>> : Once you have started emacs (from the start menu), what business do >>> : you have outside emacs (i.e. in Windoze land)? >>> >>> Of course you have a point there, but why not have the freedom of working >>> different ways? Does not that make the learning curve less steep? I have >>> seen people hesitating to begin using Emacs just because there is too much >>> to learn to begin with. If we want people to use Emacs I think we should >>> make it as easy as possible to begin. They will learn more after a while. >> >> I don't understand. How does gnuclient make emacs easier to learn ? >> >> I definitely think GNU Emacs should be on the start menu -- > > Well, I think emacsclient -a emacs (add the appropriate paths) would > be an even better candidate: if you have not started an Emacsserver, > it will just bring up Emacs. Sounds fine. I don't really care what exact command is run by the start menu item named "GNU Emacs" -- as long as there is such an item on the start menu. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk