Re: Some findings and suggestion about Emacs on w32

[David Kastrup]

address@hidden (Kim F. Storm) writes:

> "Lennart Borgman" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Kim F. Storm" <address@hidden>
>>
>> : Once you have started emacs (from the start menu), what business do
>> : you have outside emacs (i.e. in Windoze land)?
>>
>> Of course you have a point there, but why not have the freedom of working
>> different ways? Does not that make the learning curve less steep? I have
>> seen people hesitating to begin using Emacs just because there is too much
>> to learn to begin with. If we want people to use Emacs I think we should
>> make it as easy as possible to begin. They will learn more after a while.
>
> I don't understand.  How does gnuclient make emacs easier to learn ?
>
> I definitely think GNU Emacs should be on the start menu -- 

Well, I think emacsclient -a emacs (add the appropriate paths) would
be an even better candidate: if you have not started an Emacsserver,
it will just bring up Emacs.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum