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Re: INFO on add-ons
From: |
Robert J. Chassell |
Subject: |
Re: INFO on add-ons |
Date: |
Wed, 4 Sep 2002 12:13:27 +0000 (UTC) |
Alex Schroeder <address@hidden> wrote:
I forgot to mention this: Emacs is supposed to be a self-documenting
editor.
Right. That is why it has such a good Info and other help system.
Please remember, even a good distribution, such as Debian, distributes
the .el files in a separate package that many people do not load.
This is the Debian .el installation:
apt-get install emacs21-el
i.e., the .el files are not part of package that you install with:
apt-get install emacs21
Also, please remember that novices often do *not* know that .el files
exist. Worse, when they learn about them, the .el files sound scary.
A goal is to lead those novices who want to use Emacs as more
than a useful tool to the .el files.
The kind of people who want a useful tool, and no more, might, if
persuaded, read the Info or other online help, such as that provided
by Control-h; but they do not have the interest or the time to do
more, unless very gently persuaded.
--
Robert J. Chassell address@hidden address@hidden
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- Re: INFO on add-ons, (continued)
- Re: INFO on add-ons, Miles Bader, 2002/09/04
- Re: INFO on add-ons, Eli Zaretskii, 2002/09/04
- Re: INFO on add-ons, Miles Bader, 2002/09/04
- Re: INFO on add-ons, Eli Zaretskii, 2002/09/05
- Re: INFO on add-ons, Valdis . Kletnieks, 2002/09/05
- Re: INFO on add-ons, Robert J. Chassell, 2002/09/05
- Re: INFO on add-ons, Alex Schroeder, 2002/09/04
- Re: INFO on add-ons, Richard Stallman, 2002/09/04
- Re: INFO on add-ons, Pavel JanÃk, 2002/09/07
- Re: INFO on add-ons, Eli Zaretskii, 2002/09/04
- Re: INFO on add-ons,
Robert J. Chassell <=
- Re: INFO on add-ons, Eli Zaretskii, 2002/09/04
Re: INFO on add-ons, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2002/09/01
- Re: INFO on add-ons, Miles Bader, 2002/09/01
- Re: INFO on add-ons, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2002/09/02
- Re: INFO on add-ons, Miles Bader, 2002/09/02
- Re: INFO on add-ons, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2002/09/02
- Re: INFO on add-ons, David A. Cobb, 2002/09/02
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- Re: "Extreme Documentation" [was: INFO on add-ons], David A. Cobb, 2002/09/03
- Re: "Extreme Documentation" [was: INFO on add-ons], Thien-Thi Nguyen, 2002/09/03