Re: What is the most useful potential feature which Emacs lacks?

[Richard Stallman]

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  > This seems like a reasonable solution to me. Alternatively perhaps we
  > just need to sell C-x C-f as "open a file or directory" rather than
  > "find a file"?

That would make our initial explanations more complex, and that might
lead to more confusion than clarity.

I think it is better to explain this wrinkle when the user encounters it,
not before.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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