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Re: emacs-w3m question


From: Xavier Maillard
Subject: Re: emacs-w3m question
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 00:25:24 +0100
User-agent: Rmail in GNU Emacs 23.0.60.12 on GNU/Linux

   Dear Xavier,

   Xavier> What's more, directional keys are one of the dumbest addition
   Xavier> one could have thought off (in my opinion). The same apply for
   Xavier> numerical keypad: what are they useful for exactly ? Is it that
   Xavier> hard to press shift+& (for the azerty keyboard) to get a 1 ? Or
   Xavier> press C-b to move point left ? I do not think so.

   Xavier> The real reason that comes to mind is lazyness. People do not
   Xavier> want to (take time to) learn how to do things, they want to go
   Xavier> fast (even if they go fast wrongly). Keyboard (or typing more
   Xavier> generally) is just an example, there are so many other applying
   Xavier> here...

   This sounds sooo much like overstated elitism. You may prefer to use C-b
   and C-f and S-&, because you're so good and so l33t, this will never
   change the point : beginners don't, period. Default settings must help
   those people, who have not yet set their .emacs, to use and try the
   software and see if they like it or not.

You do not agree; no need to tell me what I did not say. I just
speak of HABITS. There is no elitism (voluntary or not) in saying
that I do not use directional keys because a) I am not used to,
b) they are not located to an easy and accessible place and c)
because "oldies" are much more pleasant for me to type.

As told, "end of digression for me" (for real now). Anyway, we
won't agree since you are seing a flame/agression where there is
not.

        Xavier
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