It is not the fact that his account is optimistic.  It implies that
one has the time and the skill to look through all those emacs lisp
files to see what does what.  

I have personally only done this once to fix a massive e-mail problem
I had when I first put Oralux into production use in my laboratory.
Lisp, for most people is quite a complicated affair, and all those
dashes and confusingly-placed parentheses can confuse all but the most
hardened veterans.  Just look through the sources and fix something is
easier said, for the average computer user, than done, especially when
that user simply wants his or her machine to accomplish a certain task
or a set of tasks.  

I have not even had time to study emacs lisp in full detail yet and I
have been on line for several years since I got this machine.  I have
the reference manual, but it appears that something is always coming
up.  For now, I will put this on hold although I will need to develop
interfaces for emacs and emacspeak for future programs I have in mind  



Sincerely: 

-- 
Doug Smith: C.S.F.C.
Computer Scientist For CHRIST!

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