Re: guided tour suggestions

[David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>]

"Phil Sung" <psung@mit.edu> writes:

> David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:
>>> When I get a chance, I will make some screenshots with the default
>>> UI setup, and with more complex formatting/characters.
>>
>> Very much appreciated.  One of the problems with promoting Emacs
>> nowadays are users who tried it 10 years ago and were not getting
>> along with it.  Dispelling their (and their audience's) preconceptions
>> is easier with more graphical material.
>
> Sorry for the delay in replying.
>
> <http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/emacs/emacs-guided-tour-1.html>
> Changes:
>
> * A couple of screenshots retaken under the default UI setup with GTK-- menu
>   bar, toolbar, scroll bars.
>
> * Added screenshot of Emacs displaying the splash screen (includes a picture in
>   the buffer).
>
> * More fonts of varying shapes, sizes, and colors (see the auctex and info
>   examples).
>
> * Removed shell screenshot from the first section. (M-x shell still gets
>   mentioned later.)

You pretty much redid all screenshots!  Very nice, this makes it a
page that I can point people to without scaring them off.  The
dimensions of the screen shot make the decorations take away more
relative screen space, but it will always be easier for someone to
imagine one can take them away rather than that one can add them (and
I'd actually keep the follow-mode shot, where screen estate is
particularly important, pretty much as you did it).

So the cumulative "scare-away" factor taken over all potential users
should now be much less in my opinion.  Thanks for creating the page
in the first place, and for following up on the suggestions.

-- 
David Kastrup