The Modernization of Emacs

[Joel J. Adamson]

Lew <lew at lewscanon.nospam> writes:

> Joel J. Adamson wrote:
>> My point is that I'm the sort of person that has a mind set up for
>> Emacs.  I had none of the difficulties that someone else might have,
>> who's used to other kinds of software.
>>
>> However, I'll also point out that my wife has used Emacs a couple
>> times, and she's never done more than point and click with a computer,
>> and she's had no frustration whatsoever.
>
> A new user of two hours' experience.  A father of a six-year old whose
> child hums along happily with emacs.  A computer widow who "had no
> frustration whatsoever" with it.
>

I'll add that the words "Oh, cool" came out of her mouth during one
Emacs session, as they did when I showed it to a coworker.

Joel

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Joel J. Adamson
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Pediatric Psychopharmacology Research Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital
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A webpage of interest:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/sylvester-response.html