On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 9:20 PM, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:

> There are the standard modern terms cut, paste and copy.
>
> It is also about the key-bindings. cua-mode should be a first class
citizen in Emacs. As it is now enabling cua-mode is possible, but the
manuals does not fit entirely when you do. And that is of course troubles
for new users.


> In regard to windows, buffers and frames, we could have a mode of
> operation which ties each buffer to a one-window frame.  That would
> eliminate a lot of complexity.
>

Buffer is a new concept and it is fine. But "frames" and "windows" in Emacs
is of course confusing for beginners. More standard terms would be good for
them, I guess.


> We could even offer that as the mode of use for beginners, if that
> would make it easier for a new generation of hackers to become Emacs
> users.  I don't know whether it WOULD have that effect, but if it
> would, I think it is a good idea.
>
> A mode for beginners would be good, but the exact content of such a mode
is worth considering. As you know I did something like this in the EmacsW32
distribution for MS Windows (which I do not have time to maintain any more,
merging took me too much time since my addiitons took too long to be
accepted into Emacs).


> Do beginners typically run Emacs under a graphical window system?
>

Yes, of course.