From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tomas Hlavaty Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Workshop to save M$ Windows users - help needed Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2021 11:36:06 +0200 Message-ID: <87y27a4fi1.fsf@logand.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="2101"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs To: Eduardo Ochs Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 03 11:37:27 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mWxvy-0000N7-Pz for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2021 11:37:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60024 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mWxvw-0007Yy-2F for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2021 05:37:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49570) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mWxuu-0007Vy-As for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2021 05:36:20 -0400 Original-Received: from logand.com ([37.48.87.44]:56106) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mWxus-0001kR-KA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2021 05:36:19 -0400 Original-Received: by logand.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D7D3719EB31; Sun, 3 Oct 2021 11:36:07 +0200 (CEST) X-Mailer: emacs 27.2 (via feedmail 11-beta-1 I) In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=37.48.87.44; envelope-from=tom@logand.com; helo=logand.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:133518 Archived-At: On Sun 03 Oct 2021 at 01:26, Eduardo Ochs wrote: > I talked to some MWUs who are interested in the workshop and they > don't have any idea of how to use terminals - they think that in order > to use a terminal one has to have a prodigious memory and prodigious > typing skills. Terminals are COMPLETELY alien to them, and for several > of them this is the main reason why they never tried to make their > computers dual-boot and to install a GNU/Linux in a partition. Maybe do not scare them with the word terminal. Call it the black window. Use that unique color to your advantage. They will remember it and always find it. Show them what up and down arrows do. This worked with my mum.