Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs

[Jean Louis]

* Alfred M. Szmidt <ams@gnu.org> [2020-09-29 11:24]:
> I think it is safe to assume that those who can read the Emacs Manual
> also are able to read English -- or for that matter look up basic
> words in a dictionary.
> 
>    Emacs info could for example tell somewhere at beginning that
>    technical words could be looked up by using M-x
>    search-emacs-glossary

It just opens the glossary, it does not allow the look up as action. 

On the Android/LineageOS/Replicant systems, many actions, documents
are connected. For example when there is Openkeychain installed, it
modifies the long click, which opens Cut, Copy, Paste, and offers
"Encrypt" function. It looks like tooltip for actions. In similar
fashion, one could put a cursor on a word, activate function and look
it up in dictionaries.

I am using Emacs for reading, for example there is popular book Tom
Sawyer that I recommend to many to read, now they moe on the unknown
word and sooner or later they give up reading due to misunderstanding.
If words can be quickly defined, they can be understood.

Look up function built in into Emacs would Emacs excellent teaching
or learning tool.