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RE: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals
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Drew Adams |
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RE: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals |
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Mon, 11 May 2015 10:11:45 -0700 (PDT) |
> > Waste of the student's time, if you ask me.
>
> You (and the current tutorial) assume that the reader of the
> tutorial has decided he's going to use Emacs and wants to figure
> out how to use it efficiently.
Of course. (Though not necessarily efficiently - just want to learn
to use it.)
> That's good for that use case. But there are other use cases, such
> as someone who's intrigued and wants to "check it out". In that case,
> the tutorial should mostly try and showcase what you can do with Emacs.
No, those are not use cases for a *tutorial*. Those are use cases for
a demo or a user guide or an introduction/overview.
A tutorial is about learning by *doing*. In a way, it is an
introductory lab exercise.
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