Re: Changes for emacs 28

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2020 00:20:08 +0200
> From: Ergus <spacibba@aol.com>
> Cc: "Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@gnu.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> So what if:
> 
> Could we provide a simple command line option like "emacs -m" (or any
> letter not in use) which automatically loads a set of extra
> "experimental" defaults not suitable for older users?? (the same as
> emacs -l modern.el but shorter) Like a different theme, line numbers,
> show-paren mode, and any other "modern" feature a newbie expects in a
> 2020 editor?
> 
> We can also provide a .desktop only for it and equivalents to make it
> easier to find for new users. And recommend the users to add an alias if
> they like to set it as default? and add a note in the welcome screen.
> 
> Is this also too crazy?
> 
> Probably this features will be trivial for us, but not for anyone
> opening emacs for the first time. I am just talking about enabling some
> features we already have in vanilla, but they are "hidden"; this is not
> doing a complex configs or so.
> 
> Alternatively the user will have a copy of this file ready to copy in
> his home and personalize as he prefers. So he will have something
> "official" to start with; instead of coping random potentially
> outdated/problematic configs from internet.
> 
> Does this makes sense?

Yes.

This was proposed in the past.   Someone will have to figure out what
features should this turn on.  AFAIR, no one has come with a coherent
suggestion yet.