RE: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals

[Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>]

> > Waste of the student's time, if you ask me.
> 
> You (and the current tutorial) assume that the reader of the
> tutorial has decided he's going to use Emacs and wants to figure
> out how to use it efficiently.

Of course.  (Though not necessarily efficiently - just want to learn
to use it.)

> That's good for that use case.  But there are other use cases, such
> as someone who's intrigued and wants to "check it out".  In that case,
> the tutorial should mostly try and showcase what you can do with Emacs.

No, those are not use cases for a *tutorial*.  Those are use cases for
a demo or a user guide or an introduction/overview.

A tutorial is about learning by *doing*.  In a way, it is an
introductory lab exercise.