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Re: Adding a line to the splash screen with the guided tour's URL


From: Leo
Subject: Re: Adding a line to the splash screen with the guided tour's URL
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:36:31 +0100
User-agent: No Gnus v0.6, Emacs/23.0.0.10 (2007-04-11), Fedora 6 gnu/linux

----- Jason Spiro (2007-04-13) wrote:-----

>  > that URL will be up for an equivalent period of time.
>>
>> We could probably put a link to "online documentation and tutorials" that
>> points to http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs and then add a link to
>> stuff.mit.edu there.
>>
> That's fair, but IMHO the guided tour is the best introduction to
> Emacs available on the entire Internet and so there should be a line
> advertising it on the splash screen, just as there is a line
> advertising the, um, keyboard tutorial.  :)  This will encourage
> people to look at it, not just at the built-in tutorial.  As Philippe
> wrote at [1], "I need effectiveness, *not* mere efficiency.  I was
> scared by the official emacs tutorial, which starts spitting out
> bunches of keyboard sequences without apparent meaning."  A line on
> the splash screen will encourage people to look at the guided tour,
> not the C-h t tutorial, first.

I also feel that document is the best for beginners and it will be nice
to put in a noticeable place.

-- 
Leo <sdl.web AT gmail.com>                         (GPG Key: 9283AA3F)





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