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Re: Changes for emacs 28


From: Richard Stallman
Subject: Re: Changes for emacs 28
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2020 23:44:51 -0400

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  > > Speaking of which, it would be useful to sit down with a new user just
  > > trying Emacs and see what perse actually complains about or requests.
  > > If several people do this, it could give us useful ideas of what changes
  > > would actually make Emacs more appealing to new users.

  > I don't think that's likely to result in anything very interesting,
  > really.

I learned useful things from it in the past.

  > Looking at the runaway success of DOOM Emacs (or Spacemacs), they're
  > distributions created by people with a specific point of view, and with
  > a specific user interface vision in mind.  That can't be achieved by
  > a committee,

I believe you, but I don't think that is a useful direction for us to go.

I'm thinking about improving specific aspects of the Emacs interface
to make incremental changes.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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