From: despen@verizon.net
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Visitor here is a gedit user; how to interest him in Emacs?
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:55:04 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ic39utds8n.fsf@verizon.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: i3dkoq$pbo$1@panix1.panix.com
dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) writes:
> Recently, I've been trying to interest someone in
> this most wonderful program, (gnu) Emacs.
>
> Trouble is, he's already using Gedit (google's editor);
Gnome Edit. It's only hosted at google code.
> every time I try to show him some Emacs concep, he says
> that he can do that in gedit also.
Leave him alone. You'll only annoy him.
Gedit focuses on simplicity. Some users like that over
being able to do almost anything.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-08-05 14:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-08-05 6:12 Visitor here is a gedit user; how to interest him in Emacs? David Combs
2010-08-05 7:45 ` Elena
2010-08-05 7:50 ` Marc Mientki
2010-08-05 17:23 ` David Combs
2010-08-05 17:46 ` David Kastrup
2010-08-05 8:06 ` Marc Mientki
2010-08-05 12:57 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2010-08-05 14:46 ` Marc Mientki
2010-08-05 8:25 ` Elena
2010-08-05 14:55 ` despen [this message]
2010-08-06 5:49 ` TheFlyingDutchman
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