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Re: Emacs learning curve
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Lennart Borgman |
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Re: Emacs learning curve |
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Mon, 2 Aug 2010 22:02:37 +0200 |
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 9:10 PM, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
>> From: Lennart Borgman <address@hidden>
>> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 20:37:59 +0200
>> Cc: address@hidden, Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>,
>> address@hidden
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
>> >
>> > If someone needs a data point that terminology doesn't matter much,
>> > read the manual for Vim -- it uses non-standard terminology (including
>> > "yank", btw, and other weirdly named commands), and yet is very
>> > popular.
>>
>> I think that the situation is different for Vim. For example since it
>> uses "y" as a command prefix then talking about "yank" makes sense.
>
> For the same reason, it makes sense in Emacs, since we have C-y.
It makes a bit sense, yes, but not as much as in vi. Emacs key
bindings are customizable. And a lot of people (including me) would
not even use it if it were not. That is not the case for vi.
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