Re: [SLUG] Is Emacs really for newbies

[Matthew Dalton <matthewd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jobst Schmalenbach wrote:
> 
> I am not sure here but doesnt emacs come up by default
> with a help screen telling you all about what to do????

Yes it does, but it disappears with a single keypress, so he might not
have had the chance to read it.

> PS: and yes I love it, i even replaced notepad with it.  ;-)))))))))

As I tried to say in reply to a previous post (about installing vim in
Windows to get syntax hilighting), but our link was down and it never
made it to the list -- you know you're hooked when you start installing
Unix tools under Windows. I've got two emacs windows running as we
type...

Matthew