RE: [External] : Re: Making new menu after Tools using keymap-set-after

[uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me>]

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On Thursday, July 20th, 2023 at 5:28 AM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:


> > GNU Emacs 29.0.50
> > 
> > Why is it so difficult to know the snapshot version after doing
> > a clone or a checkout on master. Rather than just emacs, can the
> > directory produced include the version (e.g. emacs-29.0.50).
> 
> 
> Why does a new Elisp learner prefer to use
> an unreleased pretest version of Emacs?

To test that the menu with the new keymap-set-after I am using works. 
 
> Seems like asking for additional trouble,
> with not so much ability to tell whether
> something is a new-feature bug or part of
> what Emacs has long done (tried and true,
> tested and well-used).
> 
> Like learning to drive in a test version
> of a new car. Maybe exciting, but maybe
> not so great for learning what's what -
> can't tell what's intended from what just
> happens to be part of a not-fully-baked
> current implementation.

It is not so much fun, I admit.
 
> Why not learn Emacs using the latest
> release, Emacs 28.2?