bug#62233: closed (Using Emacs Lisp)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Using Emacs Lisp Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 07:26:35 +0000 (UTC)

Hi FSF,

I was wondering if the FSF can turn Emacs Lisp into a tool that is as easy to use as two of these mainstream Lisp environments - Allegro Common Lisp and LispWorks.  And to do away with difficult to remember commands such as C-x C-m for example, if there is such a thing.

Otherwise, its a free and useful tool for learning Lisp and using it for AI. 

That's all I have to say.

--- Andrew Goh

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> Andrew Goh <andrewgoh95@yahoo.com.sg> writes:
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> > Hi FSF,
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> > I was wondering if the FSF can turn Emacs Lisp into a tool that is as
> > easy to use as two of these mainstream Lisp environments - Allegro
> > Common Lisp and LispWorks.  And to do away with difficult to remember
> > commands such as C-x C-m for example, if there is such a thing.
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> > Otherwise, its a free and useful tool for learning Lisp and using it
> > for AI.
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> > That's all I have to say.
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> Thanks for your feedback.  We are continuously working on making Emacs
> Lisp easier to use.  I don't think we can simplify commands much though,
> but we trying when we can.  Emacs is an old piece of software, which
> means that some of the conventions we follow may seem outdated.
> However, many users use and depend on them, and it wouldn't be fair to
> them to just throw out all those conventions out in one go.  We
> therefore improve them incrementally, and sometimes it's slow going.
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> I don't see anything actionable here, so I'm closing the bug report.
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