Re: Emacs learning curve

[Jan Djärv]

2010-07-16 19:27, Tassilo Horn skrev:

> This heavily depends on your keyboard layout.  IMO, the worst decision a
> developer of an editor can make is to base the keybindings on one
> specific layout.  For example, vi's hjkl-movement bindings are totally
> awkward on my German Dvorak Type II keyboard.  In contrast, emacs C-n,
> C-f, C-b and C-p have mnemonics which are clear and independent from the
> layout.
>
> Similarly, C-k, C-y and M-y have clear mnemonics derived from the
> concepts of killing and yanking.

CUA is terrible in this regard.  C-x, C-c and C-v are all next to each other. 
 I often do C-c when C-v was inteded...

        Jan D.