PT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm sure I'm not the first to come up with this idea, but I think it > really would help if emacs had a newbie-mode which made it easier for > newbies to get acquainted with it.
C-h t > I don't even recommend emacs anymore when someone asks me for a good > editor, because they always complain about emacs being too foreign, > non-standard, etc. > > This newbie mode would be a simple command which when activated would > change default emacs settings, keybindings to as similar to a more > usual editor as possible. M-x viper RET > This would include for example keybindings which are familiar for new > users: > > F1 for help, F2 for save file, F3 for load file, etc. Where did you find these keybindings? I've never seen them! You call them Familiar??? > Menus should be activated with Alt+<key>, e.g. Alt-F for File menu. I > know that Alt-F (Meta-F) is forward word, but I don't think a newbie > would miss it too much. pc-selection-mode should be the default, so > that he can move around with arrows + ctrl, shift, etc. > > I know there could be a problem with these bindings if emacs is run in > a terminal, but newbies rarely do that, a graphical environment is > more common nowadays. > > Useful general settings should be turned on by default. column > numbers, global font lock, etc. > > So I'd like a single command which I could put into a newbies .emacs file: > > (newbie-mode) > > and this would set everything, so that a new user can perform any > simple editing operation using only the knowledge he brought from > other systems/editors. And when he sees that emacs is not the editor > from hell then he might be more interested to learn more about it. > > Anyone thinks it's a good idea? Better put: alias newbie-emacs=nano # or pico in your ~/.bashrc -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/ Nobody can fix the economy. Nobody can be trusted with their finger on the button. Nobody's perfect. VOTE FOR NOBODY. _______________________________________________ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs
