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bug#41403: A more user-friendly version of GNU Emacs


From: Lars Ingebrigtsen
Subject: bug#41403: A more user-friendly version of GNU Emacs
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2021 15:33:38 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux)

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:

> I took a look at the refcards, and it is pretty full of stuff already.
>
> One thing caught my eye, namely this information:
>
>     Starting Emacs
>     To enter GNU Emacs 28, just type its name: emacs
>
> This seems useless, for two reasons:
> A) The overwhelming majority of users will click an icon to start Emacs.
> B) Any other users will already know to type "emacs".

Yeah, that's pretty useless.

> This leaves me wondering if putting a brief explanation of our strange
> key conventions on there isn't a better use of space.

That's true.

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