kjones@talos.UUCP (Kyle Jones) (03/01/89)
Augh. Three articles today in comp.emacs, two of which were: > I've been told I will get flamed for this, but here goes... > Where does one get a manual for Emacs? and > Does anyone know where I can get a manual to the latest version of Gnu > emacs? I think the time has come for a regular "Commonly Asked Questions" posting for this newsgroup. I suggest a monthly posting with expiration occuring 35-40 days thereafter. This would insure that the "Questions" posting is the first article new comp.emacs readers see. This doesn't have to be a tome. A short article could save gobs of rehashes of old favorites like: * Is there an GNU Emacs Lisp manual? Where can I get it? * How do I get a printed copy of the GNU Emacs Users Manual * How do I evade rlogin/telnet/terminal-mux flow control? * Why is scrolling slow on Suns? * What's the latest version of MicroEmacs? GNU Emacs? JOVE? Where can I get them? Any objections to this proposal? Suggestions for improvement? Considering the number of gurus regularly participating in this group, we should be cable to come up with a suitable document in short order. kyle jones <kyle@odu.edu> ...!uunet!talos!kjones Amanda screamed ceaselessly, like a firebell. "Woman shut your head." said Mrs. Reppler.
julian@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Julian Cowley) (03/03/89)
In article <457@talos.UUCP> kjones@talos.UUCP (Kyle Jones) writes: >I think the time has come for a regular "Commonly Asked Questions" posting >for this newsgroup. I suggest a monthly posting with expiration occuring >35-40 days thereafter. This would insure that the "Questions" posting is >the first article new comp.emacs readers see. > >This doesn't have to be a tome. A short article could save gobs of >rehashes of old favorites like: > >* Is there an GNU Emacs Lisp manual? Where can I get it? >* How do I get a printed copy of the GNU Emacs Users Manual >* How do I evade rlogin/telnet/terminal-mux flow control? >* Why is scrolling slow on Suns? >* What's the latest version of MicroEmacs? GNU Emacs? JOVE? > Where can I get them? Don't forget the classic "How come Emacs keeps going into incremental search mode every time I update the screen?". It is surprising how many people have never looked into the number of gems in the Emacs etc directory. A short pointer to the file etc/TERMS in regards to the above question would work wonders. Actually, I think a file describing commonly asked questions should be instituted in *every* Usenet newsgroup. I'll even be so bold as to suggest that the load on the net would be cut by up to *one-third* if this was done with an ounce of insight into users' questions. julian@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu uunet!ucsd!nosc!uhccux!julian julian@uhccux.bitnet "I came, I saw, I copied, I left."