Re: Making Emacs more friendly to newcomers

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> > We should prioritize existing users over hypothetical users that don't
> > even exist yet.

> And then, another 20 years pass, the current users get too old/change 
> careers/retire/etc, and Emacs's userbase shrinks even more.

True, that's why some solution is needed which makes emacs more accessible
for new users who wants to try emacs.

The solution mentioned earlier in the thread can work well: Emacs defaults
stay Emacs-like to satisfy the veterans, but if a new user downloads
emacs and starts it without a config file then an optional initial config is
prominently offered which can ease the transition for new users, make emacs
less alien, more similar to existing systems.