Re: EmacsW32 invocation options

[Juanma Barranquero]

On 5/2/07, Hadron <hadronquark@gmail.com> wrote:

> A brief browse of forums and the emacs irc channel suggests that most/a
> good % of people do indeed find it daunting to get emacs working under
> windows.

Do you mean, more people find it daunting to get Emacs working on
Windows than on GNU/Linux?

> I am surprised you would disagree. What is simple to you is not
> necessarily simple for complete newbies - most of whom I would guess run
> Windows.

The kind of things that make Emacs difficult are not going to
disappear by making emacsclient start Emacs. A complete newbie must be
ready to delve into a (very good, but extensive) documentation, and
perhaps even do some elisp programming, to take full advantage of
Emacs.

> By far the most important thing to
> instill in any  emacs apprentice is to learn how to use the built in
> help.

Exactly. I did three attempts over the years before I finally warmed
to Emacs. The definitive push was taking the time to follow the
tutorial and read at least some of the docs.

            Juanma