Re: Making Emacs more friendly to newcomers

[ndame]

>
> > Yes, these changes should be clearly marked in NEWS, so those who don't want
> > them, can revert them.
>
> Massive features that drastically change behaviour should be off by
> default. Stability over users. What's wrong with a button on the fancy
> splash screen?

A button can work too. Or if emacs is started with no config file then it can
ask "Are you using Emacs for the first time?" If the user says yes then it
can offer to set some convenience features like CUA mode.

And if the user says no then everything is as usual.