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Re: Adding a "misconceptions about Emacs" FAQ on the website
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: Adding a "misconceptions about Emacs" FAQ on the website |
Date: |
Mon, 11 Jul 2016 17:34:22 +0300 |
> From: Clément Pit--Claudel <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 02:54:55 +0200
> Cc: Nicolas Petton <address@hidden>
>
> I tend to hear the same arguments against Emacs all the time. Maybe we could
> have an FAQ about them on the beautiful new website? (And is this discussion
> welcome on emacs-devel?)
>
> The top three I get are, from least to most frequent:
>
> * I'd love to use Emacs, but (I hear) it's very slow to start
> (Answers include 'Not if you load packages properly, i.e. if you install
> them using package.el', 'Starting the GUI version is slower than the command
> line version', and 'Using an Emacs daemon makes Emacs resume instantly')
>
> * The keybindings are scary
> (Answers include CUA-mode and viper/evil)
>
> * I could learn Emacs, but vi(m) is more useful because it's available
> everywhere
> (Answer is Tramp, which I've found people to be very impressed by)
>
> Ideally, if people like the idea of an FAQ, we could discuss top items to
> include; I'm not too interested in starting a thread about Emacs vs. the
> world.
We already have a FAQ, so if we want to provide this information, I
think it should be added to the existing FAQ.
Thanks.