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From: Andreas Fuchs <asf@void.at>
Cc: Kai.Grossjohann@cs.uni-dortmund.de, rms@gnu.org,
	mlang@delysid.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: German tutorial fix
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 16:10:23 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E178LxX-0005lA-00@eris.void.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3277-Thu16May2002155214+0300-eliz@is.elta.co.il

Today, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il> wrote:
> IMHO, the tutorial needs to be reworked, now that basic cursor motion
> is no longer a mystery for novices.  So the "BASIC CURSOR CONTROL"
> section should be a lot shorter than it is now.  It should just tell
> that cursor motion keys ``work as usual'', and show the keyboard
> equivalents of the editing keys (C-n for <down>, C-f for <right>,
> etc.), telling the new users they are advised to learn them because
> those keys allow for faster typing.

Actually, I think it is a good idea to have newbies use the C-n, C-p
etc. bindings. They reduce hand movements, keep the fingers on the
relevant keys and increase typing speed. Getting used to them is a
little hard, but is essential when it comes to move-by-word,
m-b-paragraph and m-b-sexp navigation, IMHO.

> [...] We could then add to the tutorial stuff that is important, but
> isn't there, without risking to bloat the file too much.  Some ideas
> for things to add:
> 
>   - Options menu and Customize
>   - Frames
>   - Region and the mark
>   - Command history in the minibuffer
>   - M-x compile and M-x grep

I think this is a good idea; Had I signed emacs papers, I would
volunteer to write the necessary sections (at least in german, don't
know how much you like my english (-:).

-- 
Andreas Fuchs, <asf@acm.org>, asf@jabber.at, antifuchs

  reply	other threads:[~2002-05-16 14:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-05-14 13:07 German tutorial fix Mario Lang
2002-05-14 15:05 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-05-16  7:22   ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-16 10:37     ` Kai Großjohann
2002-05-16 12:52       ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-16 14:10         ` Andreas Fuchs [this message]
2002-05-16 15:37           ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-17 19:28         ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-18  0:44           ` Francesco Potorti`
2002-05-18  2:00             ` Miles Bader
2002-05-18  7:17               ` Andreas Fuchs
2002-05-18 11:59               ` Francesco Potorti`
2002-05-18 12:12                 ` Miles Bader
2002-05-18 12:55                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-18 13:11                     ` Andreas Fuchs
2002-05-19  4:56                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-19  5:30                       ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-18 20:36                     ` Kim F. Storm
2002-05-20 22:58                   ` Francesco Potorti`
2002-05-19  5:30                 ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-19 12:54                   ` Alex Schroeder
2002-05-19 13:30                     ` Miles Bader
2002-05-19 14:47                       ` Stefan Monnier
2002-05-19 15:26                       ` Alex Schroeder
2002-05-19 16:10                         ` Miles Bader
2002-05-20 10:47                           ` Alex Schroeder
2002-05-23 19:45                         ` Robert J. Chassell
2002-05-23 23:45                           ` Alex Schroeder
2002-05-20 14:48                       ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-18 14:18               ` Alex Schroeder
2002-05-18  6:44             ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-19 19:44             ` Robert J. Chassell
2002-05-20 14:40               ` Mario Lang
2002-05-20 21:13                 ` Colin Walters
2002-05-17 19:28       ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-15  0:13 ` Werner LEMBERG
2002-05-15  4:41   ` Eli Zaretskii

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