On a somewhat related note (about Emacs documentation), I saw this: https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/691wqn/worldwide_emacs_interest_in_the_past_5_years/
and in particular covercash2's comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/691wqn/worldwide_emacs_interest_in_the_past_5_years/dh3vh6t/ > it's hard to deny the downtrend. i just started to use emacs this year as a 7 > year vim user, and the amount of outdated documentation seriously >tested my > patience. I know I'm a spoiled millennial who never had to trudge through a > mile long mailing list to solve a miniscule problem, but I >wish more spoiled > millennials used emacs because at least they have the decency to learn CSS. >also, the user manual is obtusely dense at times. it's hard to jump into emacs >like it is vscode or atom or sublime, so most don't stick around to >learn the >benefits. >plugins are also pretty sparse for newer technologies like rust and go. >I guess what I'm saying is we need more emacs users. Ah.... never mind - I see you already saw this and replied (very well) to it, Eli.... I'll be quiet and just finish reading that thread... -----Original Message----- From: Eli Zaretskii [mailto:e...@gnu.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2017 1:10 PM To: Rob Davenport <rob.davenp...@us.abb.com> Cc: nsivaram....@gmail.com; help-emacs-windows@gnu.org Subject: Re: [h-e-w] Emacs daemon and emacsclientw configuration > From: Rob Davenport <rob.davenp...@us.abb.com> > CC: "nsivaram....@gmail.com" <nsivaram....@gmail.com>, > "help-emacs-windows@gnu.org" <help-emacs-windows@gnu.org> > Date: Wed, 3 May 2017 16:01:05 +0000 > > So perhaps the wiki's role in educating/helping newbies should be downplayed > (in favor of the official documentation) and instead highlight the > information the advanced user needs - sharing new code and examples of things? I wholeheartedly agree, but I know others disagree.
