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Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2016 19:27:47 +0200

> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2016 13:08:40 -0400
> 
> >> If arrows keys work out of the box then C-p/n etc. should be
> >> in a section called advanced cursor control or something like 
> >> that and it should be moved somewhere to the end.
> > It's not an advanced topic, its basic cursor motion.
> 
> What he means by "advanced topic" is "something that's not indispensable
> to start using Emacs effectively".

That would fit most of the tutorial.

Things that are truly indispensable are mostly those which the readers
already know: basic cursor motion, inserting a character and deleting
a character.  The only other necessary stiff is C-x C-f and C-x C-s,
but those can be replaced by menu-bar commands.

Does it mean that the entire tutorial is "advanced topic" and should
be moved to the end of itself?  Hmm...



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