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Re: elispintro's original (Was: feature request)
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Van L |
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Re: elispintro's original (Was: feature request) |
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Mon, 25 Jun 2018 03:00:07 +1000 |
>> The Introduction to Emacs Lisp
FSF paperwork will be required to accept a 50 page cut?
The diff of 2nd ed. and what 26.1 has has
@c If you think this manual is too large for an introduction,
@c consider this email exchange:
@c
@c >> The intro is almost 300 pages in full. I had exp
@c >
@c > This is an important point in its own right. Coul
@c > write a simplified introduction that is only 50 pa
@c > That would be helpful to many potential users, I'd
@c
@c > The problem with the introduction is that it was writt
@c > programming was only starting to be a skill "normal" p
@c > have access to. So the text is extremely verbose and
@c > sometimes hard to follow because of that. The gist of
@c > document could be summarized in 50 pages.
@c
@c This book is intentionally addressed to people who don't k
@c program. That is its purpose. We recommend people start
@c program using this book.
@c
@c If you DO know how to program in some other language, you
@c learn Emacs Lisp starting with the Emacs Lisp Reference Ma
@c
@c Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>,
@c https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2018
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- lispintro's original (Was: feature request), Van L, 2018/06/22
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- Re: lispintro's original (Was: feature request), Emanuel Berg, 2018/06/22
- Re: lispintro's original (Was: feature request), Emanuel Berg, 2018/06/22
- Re: elispintro's original (Was: feature request), Van L, 2018/06/23
- Re: elispintro's original (Was: feature request), Eli Zaretskii, 2018/06/23
- Re: elispintro's original (Was: feature request), Van L, 2018/06/23
- Re: elispintro's original (Was: feature request), Eli Zaretskii, 2018/06/23
- Re: elispintro's original (Was: feature request), Van L, 2018/06/23
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- Re: elispintro's original (Was: feature request), Eli Zaretskii, 2018/06/24
- Re: elispintro's original (Was: feature request), Van L, 2018/06/24
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- Re: elispintro's original (Was: feature request), Gene, 2018/06/24
- Re: elispintro's original (Was: feature request), Emanuel Berg, 2018/06/29
- Re: elispintro's original (Was: feature request), Marcin Borkowski, 2018/06/30
- Re: elispintro's original (Was: feature request), Van L, 2018/06/30
- Re: elispintro's original (Was: feature request), Marcin Borkowski, 2018/06/30
- Re: elispintro's original (Was: feature request), Van L, 2018/06/30
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- Re: elispintro's original (Was: feature request), Emanuel Berg, 2018/06/30