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Re: German tutorial fix
From: |
Andreas Fuchs |
Subject: |
Re: German tutorial fix |
Date: |
Thu, 16 May 2002 16:10:23 +0200 |
Today, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
> IMHO, the tutorial needs to be reworked, now that basic cursor motion
> is no longer a mystery for novices. So the "BASIC CURSOR CONTROL"
> section should be a lot shorter than it is now. It should just tell
> that cursor motion keys ``work as usual'', and show the keyboard
> equivalents of the editing keys (C-n for <down>, C-f for <right>,
> etc.), telling the new users they are advised to learn them because
> those keys allow for faster typing.
Actually, I think it is a good idea to have newbies use the C-n, C-p
etc. bindings. They reduce hand movements, keep the fingers on the
relevant keys and increase typing speed. Getting used to them is a
little hard, but is essential when it comes to move-by-word,
m-b-paragraph and m-b-sexp navigation, IMHO.
> [...] We could then add to the tutorial stuff that is important, but
> isn't there, without risking to bloat the file too much. Some ideas
> for things to add:
>
> - Options menu and Customize
> - Frames
> - Region and the mark
> - Command history in the minibuffer
> - M-x compile and M-x grep
I think this is a good idea; Had I signed emacs papers, I would
volunteer to write the necessary sections (at least in german, don't
know how much you like my english (-:).
--
Andreas Fuchs, <address@hidden>, address@hidden, antifuchs
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- Re: German tutorial fix, Francesco Potorti`, 2002/05/18
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