Re: A modern-mode?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Andrea Corallo <akrl@sdf.org>
> Cc: larsi@gnus.org, self@gkayaalp.com, ams@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 16:17:03 +0000
> 
> > Why does it have to be a command-line option (that isn't --eval)?
> 
> I imagine myself in the condition of giving a suggestion to a colleague
> for trying out Emacs.  It's very easy to suggest like '-m'.  IMO it is
> already considerably more complex to start explaining --eval... or the
> .emacs equivalent.  And I'm thinking to a colleague,  if I think to
> someone less computer skilled it's even worst.

You don't need to explain anything, just create a .emacs file for them
with that one line.  This is what I do in such cases.  The advantage
is that the users don't need to remember any switches, and can invoke
Emacs from their desktop icons.