* bug#42982: Emacs manual suggestion
@ 2020-08-22 7:38 Alexander Summers
2020-08-22 7:43 ` Alexander Summers
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From: Alexander Summers @ 2020-08-22 7:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 42982
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In the preface to the Emacs manual, it is recommended that the reader first
access the tutorial with "C-h t". However, I'm not sure if the target
audience for that particular paragraph will know what that means -- that
is, to hold down Shift and h, release, and then type 't'. I am concerned
this instruction might confuse them.
Also, it seems the HTML version is missing this preface entirely. Why is
that the case?
Thanks,
Alexander Summers
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* bug#42982: Emacs manual suggestion
2020-08-22 7:38 bug#42982: Emacs manual suggestion Alexander Summers
@ 2020-08-22 7:43 ` Alexander Summers
2020-08-22 9:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-08-24 13:09 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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From: Alexander Summers @ 2020-08-22 7:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 42982
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Apologies, after considering my previous email and confirming it with
research, I learned that the 'c' abbreviation is for the "control" key, not
shift. I am new to Emacs so I had a brief lapse of judgement.
I suppose my last email was self-demonstrative ;)
On Sat, Aug 22, 2020, 3:38 AM Alexander Summers <alexandermsummers@gmail.com>
wrote:
> In the preface to the Emacs manual, it is recommended that the reader
> first access the tutorial with "C-h t". However, I'm not sure if the target
> audience for that particular paragraph will know what that means -- that
> is, to hold down Shift and h, release, and then type 't'. I am concerned
> this instruction might confuse them.
>
> Also, it seems the HTML version is missing this preface entirely. Why is
> that the case?
>
> Thanks,
> Alexander Summers
>
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* bug#42982: Emacs manual suggestion
2020-08-22 7:38 bug#42982: Emacs manual suggestion Alexander Summers
2020-08-22 7:43 ` Alexander Summers
@ 2020-08-22 9:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-08-24 13:09 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2020-08-22 9:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alexander Summers; +Cc: 42982
> From: Alexander Summers <alexandermsummers@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 03:38:51 -0400
>
> Also, it seems the HTML version is missing this preface entirely. Why is that the case?
The Preface only appears in the printed version of the manual.
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* bug#42982: Emacs manual suggestion
2020-08-22 7:38 bug#42982: Emacs manual suggestion Alexander Summers
2020-08-22 7:43 ` Alexander Summers
2020-08-22 9:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2020-08-24 13:09 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-08-25 11:09 ` Sebastian Urban
2 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2020-08-24 13:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alexander Summers; +Cc: 42982
Alexander Summers <alexandermsummers@gmail.com> writes:
> In the preface to the Emacs manual, it is recommended that the reader
> first access the tutorial with "C-h t". However, I'm not sure if the
> target audience for that particular paragraph will know what that
> means -- that is, to hold down Shift and h, release, and then type
> 't'. I am concerned this instruction might confuse them.
Makes sense. I've now added something like that to the preface (only
correcting for shift->control :-)).
--
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