From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Menu-based tutorial? Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 09:42:35 +0200 Message-ID: <87wr4bfe38.fsf@gnuvola.org> References: <586b4b91-ee79-4359-92e0-67fb2c1ad57c@pr7g2000pbb.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1337240902 31584 80.91.229.3 (17 May 2012 07:48:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 07:48:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: rusi Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 17 09:48:21 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SUvRc-0008Ds-F4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 May 2012 09:48:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52531 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SUvRb-0004tZ-Mc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 May 2012 03:48:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:44678) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SUvJd-000429-46 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 May 2012 03:40:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SUvJT-00061K-Nk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 May 2012 03:40:04 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp209.alice.it ([82.57.200.105]:34382) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SUvJT-0005zU-Ck for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 May 2012 03:39:55 -0400 Original-Received: from ambire (82.54.135.121) by smtp209.alice.it (8.6.023.02) id 4EF08A631062B384; Thu, 17 May 2012 09:39:35 +0200 Original-Received: from ttn by ambire with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SUvM4-0000Yi-6R; Thu, 17 May 2012 09:42:36 +0200 In-Reply-To: <586b4b91-ee79-4359-92e0-67fb2c1ad57c@pr7g2000pbb.googlegroups.com> (rusi's message of "Wed, 16 May 2012 23:36:02 -0700 (PDT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 82.57.200.105 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 17 May 2012 03:48:15 -0400 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:84858 Archived-At: () rusi () Wed, 16 May 2012 23:36:02 -0700 (PDT) The OP indicated he's intimidated with emacs keyboard shortcuts. Another way is to print out the reference card and keep it handy. To see what is available, try: =E2=80=98M-x locate RET refcards RET=E2=80= =99. [menus] Implicit in menu presentation and interaction is a (usually) inscrutable ontology, which personally, i find extremely intimidating. The reference card is like the menu, passive, but differs in that it leaves the exploration path undefined. At times, i find that to be intimidating as well, but less so, and moreover, ever less so, more quickly. rickety path and jump into space heart-pounding wrath: decision misplaced?! fear falls fast before familiarity dear walls (six cols): command clarity. much fuller math: more coverage, less waste.