Re: German tutorial fix

[Andreas Fuchs]

Today, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> 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 (-:).

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Andreas Fuchs, <address@hidden>, address@hidden, antifuchs