From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Some findings and suggestion about Emacs on w32 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 09:13:57 +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 1098688460 18427 80.91.229.6 (25 Oct 2004 07:14:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 07:14:20 +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 09:14:13 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 1CLz3V-0004Mo-00 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 09:14:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CLzB8-0004HR-8R for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 03:22:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CLzB0-0004Gk-MP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 03:21:58 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CLzAz-0004GL-V6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 03:21:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CLzAz-0004GI-S0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 03:21:57 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CLz3H-0000Dx-C4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 03:13:59 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CLz2t-0003Ez-Oq; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 03:13:36 -0400 Original-To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) In-Reply-To: (Kim F. Storm's message of "Mon, 25 Oct 2004 00:23:15 +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:28880 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:28880 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. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum