Each release of Emacs brings new features, but they are not enabled by
default to avoid disrupting users’ existing workflows. Many of these
features, however, are intended to make Emacs more approachable to new
users. Furthermore, newcomers don’t yet have any existing workflows
that could be disrupted! Therefore, if you are new to Emacs, you can
enable the newcomers-presets theme (see Custom Themes) to set
a collection of user options that we think will be useful for new users
acquainted with conventions from other programs.
The functionality enabled by the newcomers-presets theme will
change between releases of Emacs. We may add new functionality, and
also remove old functionality that we think has been superseded.
Therefore, if you get used to the newcomers’ presets, consider copying
them into your own configuration and then disabling the theme again.
You can use the command copy-theme-options (see Custom Themes) to do this.
(If you got here by clicking a link on the startup screen, type q to go back.)