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Re: Folding emacsclient into emacs (was: New start up splash screen anno


From: Robert J. Chassell
Subject: Re: Folding emacsclient into emacs (was: New start up splash screen annoyance...)
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:17:37 +0000 (UTC)

>> Over 20 years of Emacs experience shows that it is important to teach
>> beginners to unlearn the habit of finding a file by typing `emacs FILE'.

Yes.  After all, you don't start a window manager for every FILE
evocation.  Nor do you start any other basic program, like an xterm in
a window manager.

Only people with bad habits start an instance of a window manager for
every FILE evocation or an instance of Emacs every time.

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