Re: Patch to remove minor modes in tutorial

[David Kastrup]

"Mathias Dahl" <address@hidden> writes:

>> In general, there is a problem with the tutorial and minor-modes:
>
>> ...
>
>> Maybe it be better to simply issue a warning at the start of the
>> tutorial if "affecting" minor modes are enabled -- something like
>> this:
>>
>>  NOTE:  This instance of Emacs has local customizations which may
>>  cause some instructions in the tutorial to fail.  If that happens,
>>  review the local customizations in the file ~/.emacs.
>
> I like this idea.  It seems we can never protect the user from all
> problems in this area so the best thing is to inform him about that.

We could recommend to start a session with emacs -q if one suspects
stuff in the tutorial to fail because of customizations.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum