Re: Making Emacs popular again with a video

[Arthur Miller]

Nathan Colinet <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I read on the mailing list that you're looking for a way to make Emacs popular
> again. I thought I could share my idea.
>
> I started using emacs a year ago and when I started everything was really
> confusing, what is a frame, what is a buffer, how to install packages, what 
> are
> major and minor modes, etc.. I wanted to give up but then I saw a 1 hour talk
> about Emacs that shows how powerful it is. Then I was hooked. Unfortunately 
> the
> sound was no good at all and it was way too long. I think it could be really
> benefic for emacs to have a 5-10 minutes video that would present Emacs not as
> an old obscure porgram but as an amazing fresh looking tool that drastically
> improves efficiency. I think people nowadays need an out-of-the-box 
> experience,
> that's why promoting doom-emacs or spacemacs might be better than the default
> Emacs.
>
> I think if the video is well realised it could really be a huge win.
>
> Stay safe and well,
>
> Nathan Colinet
There are already such videos. Check out emacs rocks on YT.
https://www.youtube.com/user/emacsrocks

Those are even linked to on Emacs webpage, ir you open emacs.org and
scroll down, you will find the links.

But surely Emacs could have used more of such short feature showing-off
videos/tutorials.