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From: Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>
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Subject: Re: This is a simple question
Date: 11 Oct 2001 09:11:11 -0400
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David Bolen <db3l@fitlinxx.com> writes:

> "Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org> writes:
> <snip>
> I suppose I could RTFM, but like I tried to point out - I'm
> > reacting here like a garden variety PC user - I don't want to *study* it - I
> > just want to *use* it.
> 
> Yeah, I probably don't have a simple solution - I don't think anyone
> will dispute that Emacs has a (potentially steep) learning curve.  And
> there's no way you could come up with a single set of menu options
> that would suffice.  And it's been too long from when I first used it
> to be confident in judging how to learn it most efficiently.

One thing I find useful is subscribing to a newsgroup/mailing list,
where Emacs is discussed. I continue to learn new stuff all the time.

comp.emacs is overwhelmed with traffic; I suggest you use the Emacs
ada-mode mailing list instead. It currently has zero traffic, but I
promise to read it and respond as best I can! One of my missions in
life is to spread the word about Ada and Emacs :).

<snip>

-- 
-- Stephe