GNU bug report logs - #37812
Update Emacs manual intro with more compelling features

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Package: emacs; Severity: wishlist; Reported by: Nicholas Drozd <nicholasdrozd@HIDDEN>; dated Fri, 18 Oct 2019 17:52:02 UTC; Maintainer for emacs is bug-gnu-emacs@HIDDEN.

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> We could say that Emacs is able to edit remote files like they were
> local files. I'm biased, of course :-)

+1




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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@HIDDEN> writes:

>> We could say that Emacs is able to edit remote files like they were
>> local files.
>
> That would be indeed a good addition, IMO.  Thanks.

Done.

Best regards, Michael.




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> From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@HIDDEN>
> Cc: Nicholas Drozd <nicholasdrozd@HIDDEN>,  Richard Stallman
>  <rms@HIDDEN>,  37812 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
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> We could say that Emacs is able to edit remote files like they were
> local files.

That would be indeed a good addition, IMO.  Thanks.




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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@HIDDEN> writes:

>> The introduction to the Emacs manual says, right near the beginning:
>> "We call Emacs 'advanced' because it can do much more than simple
>> insertion and deletion of text.  It can control subprocesses, indent
>> programs automatically, show multiple files at once, and more."
>>
>> This text has been around for a long time*. Maybe it's time for an
>> update? Indenting programs automatically and showing multiple files at
>> once aren't very compelling features these days. My go-to example of a
>> remarkable Emacs-y feature is EWW, so maybe "browse the Web" could be
>> added? Or something to do with Org mode? I don't know exactly, but
>> listing "shows multiple files" as a feature is like describing someone
>> as "punctual" in a reference letter -- it could signal that the person
>> has no other important qualities.
>
> EWW and Org are very high-level Lisp applications, they aren't
> examples of basic features of Emacs as an editor.  So I'm not sure
> they are appropriate in that introductory section.

We could say that Emacs is able to edit remote files like they were
local files. I'm biased, of course :-)

Best regards, Michael.




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> From: Nicholas Drozd <nicholasdrozd@HIDDEN>
> Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 12:50:46 -0500
> 
> The introduction to the Emacs manual says, right near the beginning:
> "We call Emacs 'advanced' because it can do much more than simple
> insertion and deletion of text.  It can control subprocesses, indent
> programs automatically, show multiple files at once, and more."
> 
> This text has been around for a long time*. Maybe it's time for an
> update? Indenting programs automatically and showing multiple files at
> once aren't very compelling features these days. My go-to example of a
> remarkable Emacs-y feature is EWW, so maybe "browse the Web" could be
> added? Or something to do with Org mode? I don't know exactly, but
> listing "shows multiple files" as a feature is like describing someone
> as "punctual" in a reference letter -- it could signal that the person
> has no other important qualities.

EWW and Org are very high-level Lisp applications, they aren't
examples of basic features of Emacs as an editor.  So I'm not sure
they are appropriate in that introductory section.

Richard, do you have any proposals for how to modify this description?
We still want to say that Emacs is an advanced editor, I'm sure.

We could also leave that text as it is: the fact that there are other
advanced editors nowadays with similar features doesn't mean that
Emacs isn't advanced, and there are certainly simple editors in use
that don't have the features we list as "advanced".

Thanks.




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The introduction to the Emacs manual says, right near the beginning:
"We call Emacs 'advanced' because it can do much more than simple
insertion and deletion of text.  It can control subprocesses, indent
programs automatically, show multiple files at once, and more."

This text has been around for a long time*. Maybe it's time for an
update? Indenting programs automatically and showing multiple files at
once aren't very compelling features these days. My go-to example of a
remarkable Emacs-y feature is EWW, so maybe "browse the Web" could be
added? Or something to do with Org mode? I don't know exactly, but
listing "shows multiple files" as a feature is like describing someone
as "punctual" in a reference letter -- it could signal that the person
has no other important qualities.

* How old exactly, I'm not sure. It appears in the 18.59 manual from
1992 (ftp://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/emacs/), so I assume it goes back even
further than that. The passage underwent a minor facelift in 2006
(commit 350287ef), but besides that it has gone substantially
unchanged.




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