Re: GNU Emacs raison d'etre - 1981-ish version

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 15 May 2020 10:55:34 +0200
> Cc: excalamus@tutanota.com, Eduardo Ochs <eduardoochs@gmail.com>
> 
>     Emacs> I believe that other editors could occupy this space but do not. 
>     Emacs> Other editors are either word processors or IDEs.  Emacs is a hybrid;
>     Emacs> there are authors who use Emacs solely for writing and the are
>     Emacs> developers who use it solely for programming.  Emacs feels different
>     Emacs> because it shortens the distance between question and answer.  Other
>     Emacs> editors require searching externally (does MS Word even still have F1
>     Emacs> help?).  Emacs can be searched inside and out.
> 
> Which is one of Emacs' great strengths, but I fear the current
> generation are missing out on it: I see lots of problem reports saying
> "website so and so says this, but my Emacs behaves differently", where
> the solution is to consult the documentation inside emacs. It appears
> people have become conditioned to doing a web search for manuals,

I think this happens because more and more packages come without any
documentation whatsoever.