Re: An anonymous IRC user's opinion

[Emanuel Berg]

Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:

> And I just learned about C-h b. That's a command we should
> show more prominently.

Here, read this interview, if you'd like - 

  https://sachachua.com/blog/2024/04/emacs-interview-daniel-semyonov/

this guy [hello if you are reading this] learned to program
just using the on-line help (that means Emacs' help, on-line
means not printed on paper).

And many people did that, this is the first time I heard it in
the Emacs world but using the help system and that's all.
The F1 keys on Windows if you remember. (Not sure if I do.
What did the F10 key do?)

So, one wonders, why is it better to read the manual ONCE
cover to cover in a book than bringing the help up whenever
one needs it, one short paragraph at a time, on the screen?
To me, if I had to pick only one, the computer version,
I would take that and not the book. (No, the help isn't _the_
manual, but it is _a_ manual, why not.)

People are different and we have different resources, it is
all good and we shouldn't assume anyone has done anything IMO.

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