> assuming some comfort with emacs is presumably OK in a manual for the software!

How do you get familiar with the software, if the manual expects you to be an expert in it already?

noisy_boy 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I got familiar with vi by reading a book that had the main vi commands listed out. First learnt how to quit without saving changes, the rest was just practice.

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umanwizard 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Not sure if it did at the time, but today emacs comes with a tutorial. You’re not expected to learn it by starting on page 1 of the manual.

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Orygin 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Why not? I expect to learn how to use a software by reading its manual.

	▲	umanwizard an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Surely you can still do that, but starting with the tutorial will be easier and more efficient.

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Pay08 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

By reading introductory material.