From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: public@heslin.eclipse.co.uk Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Announcing Easymacs: an all-in-one Emacs configuration for newbies Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 09:52:59 +0100 Message-ID: <87r7ek6xas.fsf@heslin.eclipse.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1120123291 23018 80.91.229.2 (30 Jun 2005 09:21:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 09:21:31 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 30 11:21:29 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DnvEV-0006Dr-VE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 11:21:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DnvMj-0002fz-Kp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 05:29:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DnurA-0004w1-Sb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 04:57:14 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Dnuq9-0004sI-9C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 04:56:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dnuq3-0004pW-FU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 04:56:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA:16) (Exim 4.34) id 1Dnutr-00012u-0p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 04:59:59 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1DnuhJ-0001DM-3Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:47:01 +0200 Original-Received: from 213-152-32-235.dsl.eclipse.net.uk ([213.152.32.235]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:47:01 +0200 Original-Received: from public by 213-152-32-235.dsl.eclipse.net.uk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:47:01 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 17 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 213-152-32-235.dsl.eclipse.net.uk User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:+6x1QC1ffM5gqZ81r5eZqjrtdW4= 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:39947 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:39947 Easymacs is an easy-to-learn, one-size-fits-all configuration for new users of GNU Emacs. It sets up key bindings that conform to a common denominator of the Gnome/KDE/OS X/Microsoft Windows human interface guidelines, and provides function-key bindings for other powerful Emacs features. It is fully documented, and the new user can productively edit text right away, without going through the Emacs tutorial. Many commonly-used functions can be accessed without having to learn the "chords", or multiple keystrokes that Emacs uses by default. http://www.dur.ac.uk/p.j.heslin/Software/Emacs/Easymacs/ I'm not saying it's appropriate for the users on this list, but it might be the thing for the Emacs-haters in your life. Peter