From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rusi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 10:27:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <87fv77barj.fsf@gnu.org> <87zj5fgpd8.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> <83h9rnp0yy.fsf@gnu.org> <87r3qnl70z.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> <837fsfm7gq.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1431365420 10634 80.91.229.3 (11 May 2015 17:30:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 17:30:20 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 11 19:30:20 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YrrWz-00005d-FF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 May 2015 19:30:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38915 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YrrWy-0006Vt-KW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 May 2015 13:30:16 -0400 X-Received: by 10.182.101.233 with SMTP id fj9mr20266202obb.20.1431365272415; Mon, 11 May 2015 10:27:52 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.43.129 with SMTP id w1mr204199igl.0.1431365272395; Mon, 11 May 2015 10:27:52 -0700 (PDT) Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!m20no2019469iga.0!news-out.google.com!kd3ni14183igb.0!nntp.google.com!m20no2019468iga.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=117.195.51.111; posting-account=mBpa7woAAAAGLEWUUKpmbxm-Quu5D8ui Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 117.195.51.111 User-Agent: G2/1.0 Injection-Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 17:27:52 +0000 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:212111 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:104395 Archived-At: On Monday, May 11, 2015 at 10:41:58 PM UTC+5:30, Drew Adams wrote: > > > That's good for that use case. But there are other use cases, such > > as someone who's intrigued and wants to "check it out". In that case, > > the tutorial should mostly try and showcase what you can do with Emacs. > > No, those are not use cases for a *tutorial*. Those are use cases for > a demo or a user guide or an introduction/overview. >From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutorial#Internet ------------------------- utorials usually have the following characteristics: A presentation of the view usually explaining and showing the user the user interface A demonstration of a process, using examples to show how a workflow or process is completed; often broken up into discrete modules or sections. Some method of review that reinforces or tests understanding of the content in the related module or section. A transition to additional modules or sections that builds on the instructions already provided. Tutorials can be linear or branching. While many writers refer to a mere list of instructions or tips as a tutorial, this usage can be misleading.