Re: Will default key bindings spell the death of Emacs?

[David Kastrup]

"Robert J. Chassell" <address@hidden> writes:

> address@hidden (David Kastrup) wrote:
> 
>     A user interface is something like click with right mouse key on any
>     menu entry and get a small submenu
> 
> No, that is not correct.

So you think the above description should not be called a user
interface?

> You are specifying a particular kind of user interface for people
> who are sighted and who do not want to learn a more efficent
> technique.

I was giving an example for a user interface.  What Emacs has nowadays
does not really deserve that name.

> But at the same time, Emacs should also provide
> 
>   * a user interface for people who are permanently or situationally
>     blind (Emacs does), and,

This is a somewhat orthogonal aim.  I don't see why one should make
the availability of one user interface depend on that of another.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum