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Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?
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Marcin Borkowski |
Subject: |
Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc? |
Date: |
Fri, 11 Mar 2016 18:34:30 +0100 |
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mu4e 0.9.13; emacs 25.1.50.6 |
On 2016-03-11, at 17:57, Phillip Lord <address@hidden> wrote:
> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>> It is a non-trivial decision where to draw the line about what is
>> "common knowledge" and shouldn't be explained. Once again, the "tax"
>> is a single sentence, so what's the harm?
>>
>> In any case, I suggest to postpone any further arguments until someone
>> actually submits patches to make the tutorial better. The tutorial
>> should be considered as a whole, not sentence by sentence. It is
>> currently written from a certain POV that guides most of the text in a
>> consistent way. You cannot change a sentence here and there without
>> making the text inconsistent. So a change like the one that I think
>> is proposed will require quite a thorough rewrite, which makes
>> arguments about individual sentences and phrases futile.
>
>
> I am working on this. My tutorial is now 480 lines long, so it may need
> some pruning. I have buffers and files to do. My plan is to finish off
> with Emacs packages, but getting users to install a new package from
> ELPA.
>
> My thought is that, at first, this package will contain more tutorial
> information. In the first instance, it will probably just say
> "congratulations", but in later versions, it could take tutorials on
> different topics. It would also enable upgrading the tutorial
> out-of-sync with releases.
Wow, a choose-your-own-adventure tutorial! Great idea, I really like
it! I'd be inclined to contribute to it. I'll check your tutorial
soon.
> Phil
Best,
--
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University
- Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?, (continued)
- Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?, Stefan Monnier, 2016/03/10
- Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?, Phillip Lord, 2016/03/10
- Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/03/10
- Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?, Marcin Borkowski, 2016/03/10
- Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/03/10
- Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?, Marcin Borkowski, 2016/03/10
- Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?, Filipp Gunbin, 2016/03/11
- Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?, Yuri Khan, 2016/03/11
- Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/03/11
- Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?, Phillip Lord, 2016/03/11
- Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?,
Marcin Borkowski <=
- Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/03/11
- Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?, Phillip Lord, 2016/03/11
- Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/03/12
- Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?, Marcin Borkowski, 2016/03/12
- Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?, Phillip Lord, 2016/03/12
- Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?, Phillip Lord, 2016/03/12
- Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?, Richard Stallman, 2016/03/11
- Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?, John Wiegley, 2016/03/10
- Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?, Clément Pit--Claudel, 2016/03/10
- Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?, Dani Moncayo, 2016/03/11