Re: "like other editors" [was: Re: Poll about proposed change in DEL (aka Backspace) and Delete]

[S Boucher]

>
>  But if the keystroke assignments have changed, my fingers are constantly 
>tripping over each other, which is distracting enough that it makes it hard to 
>concentrate on debugging the problem I'm there to fix in the first place.


My configs are so big that no matter what, it's going to be a bit clumsy when 
I'm using emacs without all my own cruft.  Heck, there's the reverse scenario: 
someone I go help has his own cruft that makes emacs non-standard.


The key point is whether making it easier for non-hacker should take precedence 
over making it easier for hackers.  I think we should make it easier for 
non-hackers.  In the case of the menus, it therefore made more sense to leave 
them enabled. 


When it comes down to a line or 2 in .emacs, I think the burden should rest on 
hackers.

In the case of the present proposed change, I wouldn't even offer the choice to 
have the old behavior to keep the code easier to maintain. Anyone will get over 
this after at most a day or 2 of !@#$!@$.  And then, you won't have a problem 
when you go help a friend.

Reminds me of years ago when someone changed all the keybindings of Emacs to 
match what he was used too on some other Emacs.  Just get used to what the is 
defined.  It's not the end of the world (at least in the case of the present 
proposal).  The odd times when a binding changes in Emacs, I just get used to 
it.

I don't mean to insult anyone, but there's a ridiculous amount of obtuseness 
displayed in this thread over changes which any reasonably intelligent person 
will get used to quickly, without adverse effect.  The amount of time spent 
arguing in this thread is more than it would take anyone to get used to the 
change.

It's not like we're talking about moving C-x to C-^.