From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE, mlang@delysid.org,
emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: German tutorial fix
Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 13:28:39 -0600 (MDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200205171928.g4HJSdw20390@aztec.santafe.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3277-Thu16May2002155214+0300-eliz@is.elta.co.il>
IMHO, the tutorial needs to be reworked, now that basic cursor motion
is no longer a mystery for novices. So the "BASIC CURSOR CONTROL"
section should be a lot shorter than it is now. It should just tell
that cursor motion keys ``work as usual'', and show the keyboard
equivalents of the editing keys (C-n for <down>, C-f for <right>,
etc.), telling the new users they are advised to learn them because
those keys allow for faster typing.
I have doubts about this change.
What I think we don't need is to explain, demonstrate, and drill the
user in basic cursor motion.
Drilling them is what teaches them to use C-f rather than an arrow key.
So maybe it is still worth while to drill them.
too much. Some ideas for things to add:
- Options menu and Customize
- Frames
- Region and the mark
- Command history in the minibuffer
- M-x compile and M-x grep
The region seems like the most important one to add.
The others don't seem basic enough.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-05-17 19:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-05-14 13:07 German tutorial fix Mario Lang
2002-05-14 15:05 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-05-16 7:22 ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-16 10:37 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-05-16 12:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-16 14:10 ` Andreas Fuchs
2002-05-16 15:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-17 19:28 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2002-05-18 0:44 ` Francesco Potorti`
2002-05-18 2:00 ` Miles Bader
2002-05-18 7:17 ` Andreas Fuchs
2002-05-18 11:59 ` Francesco Potorti`
2002-05-18 12:12 ` Miles Bader
2002-05-18 12:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-18 13:11 ` Andreas Fuchs
2002-05-19 4:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-19 5:30 ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-18 20:36 ` Kim F. Storm
2002-05-20 22:58 ` Francesco Potorti`
2002-05-19 5:30 ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-19 12:54 ` Alex Schroeder
2002-05-19 13:30 ` Miles Bader
2002-05-19 14:47 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-05-19 15:26 ` Alex Schroeder
2002-05-19 16:10 ` Miles Bader
2002-05-20 10:47 ` Alex Schroeder
2002-05-23 19:45 ` Robert J. Chassell
2002-05-23 23:45 ` Alex Schroeder
2002-05-20 14:48 ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-18 14:18 ` Alex Schroeder
2002-05-18 6:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-19 19:44 ` Robert J. Chassell
2002-05-20 14:40 ` Mario Lang
2002-05-20 21:13 ` Colin Walters
2002-05-17 19:28 ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-15 0:13 ` Werner LEMBERG
2002-05-15 4:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
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