Re: Having difficulty turning programmer onto emacs. What to demo? Features?

[Frédéric Perrin]

dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) writes:
> Am trying to turn on someone to Emacs (gnu) -- been showing dired (to
> me one of the cooler things), even wdired, (even doctor!), etc.
>
> What suggestions might you have, for getting someone excited about it?
>
> (Of course, he currently uses VI.)

Show him what he would gain. Observe something that he currently does
clumsily with his current setup, and show him how to do that more
efficiently in emacs. For instance, how, using Gnus + VC mode, he can
receive a patch by email, apply it, review it, spell-check the
comments, repair the indentation style and commit the patch without
leaving his editor.

Or how he can use the same interface to troll on USENET and code, so
that he can quickly switch activities when the boss enters the room...

-- 
Fred