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A more user-friendly version of GNU Emacs

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Message #46 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>,
 Andrew Goh <andrewgoh95 <at> yahoo.com.sg>, 41403 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41403: A more user-friendly version of GNU Emacs
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:13:11 -0700

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reopen 41403
tags 41403 - wontfix
thanks

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

>>     Starting Emacs
>>     To enter GNU Emacs 28, just type its name: emacs
>>
>> This seems useless, for two reasons:
>> A) The overwhelming majority of users will click an icon to start Emacs.
>> B) Any other users will already know to type "emacs".
>
> Yeah, that's pretty useless.
>
>> This leaves me wondering if putting a brief explanation of our strange
>> key conventions on there isn't a better use of space.
>
> That's true.

How about the attached patch?  I've checked it visually and it looks
okay to me, but I'm not exactly a TeX expert.

[0001-New-major-mode-with-font-locking-for-etc-AUTHORS.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]

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