From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Phil Sung Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: guided tour suggestions Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:16:42 -0400 Message-ID: <87645ai4cl.fsf@phil.mit.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1182907025 23711 80.91.229.12 (27 Jun 2007 01:17:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:17:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 27 03:17:03 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1I3M9Q-0001dS-C0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:16:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I3M9P-0007B6-Qc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:16:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I3M9M-00079K-23 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:16:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I3M9K-000761-LI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:16:50 -0400 Original-Received: from biscayne-one-station.mit.edu ([18.7.7.80]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I3M9K-00077c-9C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:16:50 -0400 Original-Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (OUTGOING-AUTH.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.103]) by biscayne-one-station.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.9.2) with ESMTP id l5R1Gm5J001111; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:16:48 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from phil.mit.edu (PHIL.MIT.EDU [18.243.2.47]) (authenticated bits=0) (User authenticated as psung@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id l5R1Gg8s012134 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:16:43 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Mon\, 11 Jun 2007 13\:19\:02 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.95 (gnu/linux) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.42 X-Spam-Score: 0.00 X-detected-kernel: Solaris 9 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:73899 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > I'd suggest mentioning something about the mouse in the Region section. Ok. Is there something remarkable about mouse usage other than click-and-drag to select a region? (I don't really use the mouse in Emacs.) > I agree 100%, BTW, that the aim here is not to teach how to use Emacs but to > show a little of what's available. That's why key bindings are not so > important to describe. Good point. I will trim some key binding mentions. Previous suggestions which were made: * Mention help features earlier I now mention the manual close to the beginning, and function documentation right after the section on editing commands. * Emphasize Emacs as a coding environment There are now screenshots of GDB, compile, grep, and shell, and further information about what programming major modes can do. Again, the draft is at: If no one objects, I will ask the webmasters to replace the version on gnu.org with this soon. --Phil