Re: Emacs learning curve

[Lennart Borgman]

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 7:45 PM,  <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> For instance, lets assume Emacs will use the terms cut and paste instead
> of killing/yanking, what will be the consequences?
>
> - some new users might maybe start using Emacs

Yes.

> - all the emacs documentation would need to be changed

A small exaggeration perhaps .. ;-)

> - the Emacs lisp api needs to be changed
> - old code will break
> - 3rd party code will break

I would expect there to be aliases for backward compatibility.

I also expect this change not to happen ;-)