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Re: Default Emacs keybindings
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Miles Bader |
Subject: |
Re: Default Emacs keybindings |
Date: |
Fri, 30 Apr 2004 17:41:48 -0400 |
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On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 03:06:00PM +0200, Per Abrahamsen wrote:
> And no, I do not agree that the Emacs key bindings are inherently
> superior for experienced users. They just happen to be what we are
> used to.
Well it kind of depends on _which_ keybindings you're talking about -- some
emacs keybindings are just familiar, but others are pretty clearly more
better in some cases. Obviously C-w is basically no better or worse than
C-x, but the emacs-movment vs. arrow keys issue is quite different, the
former being (obviously) far more efficient for a user that meets their
criteria, but the latter being easier for an inexperienced user.
Unfortunately in this limited namespace, it's hard to mix'n'match (despite
Kim's valiant efforts), but luckily we _can_ have both arrow keys and
emacs-movement keys.
Also luckily, emacs is popular enough among developers that a lot of
non-emacs software either understands basic emacs keystrokes (mozilla) or can
be easily configured to do so (gnome).
-Miles
--
`The suburb is an obsolete and contradictory form of human settlement'
- Re: Default Emacs keybindings (was: Re: Menu suggestion), (continued)
- Re: Default Emacs keybindings (was: Re: Menu suggestion), Alan Mackenzie, 2004/04/26
- Re: Default Emacs keybindings (was: Re: Menu suggestion), David Kastrup, 2004/04/26
- Re: Default Emacs keybindings (was: Re: Menu suggestion), Kim F. Storm, 2004/04/26
- Re: Default Emacs keybindings (was: Re: Menu suggestion), David Kastrup, 2004/04/26
- Re: Default Emacs keybindings (was: Re: Menu suggestion), Luc Teirlinck, 2004/04/26
- Re: Default Emacs keybindings (was: Re: Menu suggestion), Stefan Monnier, 2004/04/27
- Re: Default Emacs keybindings (was: Re: Menu suggestion), David Kastrup, 2004/04/27
- Re: Default Emacs keybindings (was: Re: Menu suggestion), Stefan Monnier, 2004/04/29
- Re: Default Emacs keybindings, Stefan Daschek, 2004/04/27
- Re: Default Emacs keybindings, Per Abrahamsen, 2004/04/30
- Re: Default Emacs keybindings,
Miles Bader <=
Re: Menu suggestion, Richard Stallman, 2004/04/25