Re: Changes for emacs 28

[Ihor Radchenko]

> Actually shorter videos maybe 10 mins is enough. Specially if they add links 
> to the manual sections related to the topic and how to access it either from 
> emacs and on the web.

Would it also make sense to add links to the videos (or relevant wiki
page) from manual itself?

Best,
Ihor

Ergus <spacibba@aol.com> writes:

> On September 9, 2020 5:04:57 PM GMT+02:00, "Göktuğ Kayaalp" 
> <self@gkayaalp.com> wrote:
>>On 2020-09-09 14:22 +03, Gregory Heytings via Emacs development
>>discussions. <emacs-devel@gnu.org> wrote:
>>> Would it not be better to have a "guided tour" (something like C-h t,
>>> but shorter and more "modern") for first-time users (those without a
>>> .emacs / .emacs.d)?  This is quite common in "modern" software, so it
>>> would not surprise anyone.
>>[...]
>>> (In fact, it would perhaps make sense to create a few guided tours,
>>> with an initial question "Are you a programmer? a scientist? a
>>> teacher? a writer?" with which the set of options could be narrowed.)
>>
>>Why not instead just have nicer introductory material? E.g. videos that
>>walk through initial customisation for different setups, that discuss
>>and explain things, talk about tangents.
>>
>>This actually is produced by the community, but it’s scattered around
>>YouTube.  We could ask prolific producers to prepare 20-30min videos
>>for
>>some particular setup, showing how to get going with Emacs in that
>>particular niche.
>>
>>The wizard idea from another thread is nice, but I’m not a fan of a
>>whole guided tour.  Most probably people would want to skip it.  A
>>blocker just as your first boot a program is not nice.
>>
>
> Yes I think that more, better and organized set of videos could be much 
> easier to produce. There are actually some emacs video series already. We 
> just need to organize the links and refer them in the site. 
>
> Actually shorter videos maybe 10 mins is enough. Specially if they add links 
> to the manual sections related to the topic and how to access it either from 
> emacs and on the web.
>
>
>>
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