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bug#41403: A more user-friendly version of GNU Emacs
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Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
bug#41403: A more user-friendly version of GNU Emacs |
Date: |
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 13:57:33 -0700 |
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
>>> I guess, the key, M-x. The refcard assumes that people know what it
>>> (meta) is. It would probably good to explain it.
>>
>> Right, okay. If that's it, I agree that it should probably be added.
>>
>> If we do that, we might as well explain that "C-" stands for "Ctrl" and
>> "S-" stands for "Shift" while we're at it. (If there's enough space.)
>
> I don't think the refcard is the place to explain these keys -- the
> refcard is for quick lookup when you know the basics.
>
> The tutorial explains all this stuff, and that's the correct place, so
> I'm closing this bug report.
I took a look at the refcards, and it is pretty full of stuff already.
One thing caught my eye, namely this information:
Starting Emacs
To enter GNU Emacs 28, just type its name: emacs
This seems useless, for two reasons:
A) The overwhelming majority of users will click an icon to start Emacs.
B) Any other users will already know to type "emacs".
This leaves me wondering if putting a brief explanation of our strange
key conventions on there isn't a better use of space.
- bug#41403: A more user-friendly version of GNU Emacs, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/09/17
- bug#41403: A more user-friendly version of GNU Emacs,
Stefan Kangas <=
- bug#41403: A more user-friendly version of GNU Emacs, Michael Heerdegen, 2021/09/17
- bug#41403: A more user-friendly version of GNU Emacs, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/09/18
- bug#41403: A more user-friendly version of GNU Emacs, Stefan Kangas, 2021/09/21
- bug#41403: A more user-friendly version of GNU Emacs, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/09/21
- bug#41403: A more user-friendly version of GNU Emacs, Stefan Kangas, 2021/09/21
- bug#41403: A more user-friendly version of GNU Emacs, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/09/21
- bug#41403: A more user-friendly version of GNU Emacs, Michael Heerdegen, 2021/09/21
- bug#41403: A more user-friendly version of GNU Emacs, Richard Stallman, 2021/09/22
- bug#41403: A more user-friendly version of GNU Emacs, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/09/22
- bug#41403: A more user-friendly version of GNU Emacs, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/09/23