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From: kjones@talos.UUCP (Kyle Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: "Commonly Asked Questions" posting?   (was: Help on EMACS)
Summary: augh!
Message-ID: <457@talos.UUCP>
Date: 1 Mar 89 14:40:10 GMT
References: <3283@silver.bacs.indiana.edu>
Reply-To: kjones@talos.UUCP (Kyle Jones)
Organization: Philip Morris Research Center, Richmond, VA
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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
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