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Re: elispintro's original (Was: feature request)


From: Van L
Subject: Re: elispintro's original (Was: feature request)
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 03:00:07 +1000

>> The Introduction to Emacs Lisp

FSF paperwork will be required to accept a 50 page cut?

The diff of 2nd ed. and what 26.1 has has 

  @c If you think this manual is too large for an introduction,
  @c consider this email exchange:                             
  @c                                                           
  @c       >> The intro is almost 300 pages in full.  I had exp
  @c       >                                                   
  @c       > This is an important point in its own right.  Coul
  @c       > write a simplified introduction that is only 50 pa
  @c       > That would be helpful to many potential users, I'd
  @c                                                           
  @c   > The problem with the introduction is that it was writt
  @c   > programming was only starting to be a skill "normal" p
  @c   > have access to.  So the text is extremely verbose and 
  @c   > sometimes hard to follow because of that.  The gist of
  @c   > document could be summarized in 50 pages.             
  @c                                                           
  @c This book is intentionally addressed to people who don't k
  @c program.  That is its purpose.  We recommend people start 
  @c program using this book.                                  
  @c                                                           
  @c If you DO know how to program in some other language, you 
  @c learn Emacs Lisp starting with the Emacs Lisp Reference Ma
  @c                                                           
  @c        Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>,                    
  @c        https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2018



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