From: Lars Hansen <larsh@math.ku.dk>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Will default key bindings spell the death of Emacs?
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 14:49:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3EDDEAD1.80308@math.ku.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <je65nmdr7i.fsf@sykes.suse.de>
Andreas Schwab wrote:
>Lars Hansen <larsh@math.ku.dk> writes:
>
>|> I think this is a very important discussion.
>|>
>|> >>I believe that Emacs key bindings are effectively preventing 99% or more
>|> >>of Windows programmers and other younger programmers from ever using
>|> >>it.
>|> >>
>|> >
>|> >I think you greatly exaggerate the difficulty of adapting to Emacs
>|> >key bindings.
>|> >
>|> Users should not adopt to Emacs. Emacs should adopt to users!
>
>You might be surprised how many GUIs support Emacs keybindings like C-k.
>
>Andreas.
>
>
I never intended to discuss which keybindings people should use.
On the contrary I think people should have the oppotunity to decide
for themselves.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-06-04 12:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <E19LPs9-0002b6-0o@monty-python.gnu.org>
2003-05-29 20:57 ` Will default key bindings spell the death of Emacs? Lars Hansen
2003-05-29 21:47 ` Miles Bader
2003-05-29 22:04 ` Lars Hansen
2003-05-29 22:45 ` Miles Bader
2003-05-30 6:52 ` Lars Hansen
2003-05-30 10:11 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2003-05-30 10:32 ` Alex Schroeder
2003-05-30 10:52 ` Miles Bader
2003-05-30 12:06 ` Jan D.
2003-05-30 11:06 ` Lars Hansen
2003-05-30 11:19 ` Juanma Barranquero
2003-05-30 16:27 ` Alex Schroeder
2003-05-30 17:09 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-05-30 17:13 ` Richard Stallman
2003-05-31 20:19 ` David Kastrup
2003-05-31 21:31 ` Robert J. Chassell
2003-06-01 0:14 ` David Kastrup
2003-06-01 11:24 ` Robert J. Chassell
2003-06-01 12:12 ` David Kastrup
2003-06-01 19:36 ` Jan D.
2003-06-01 19:43 ` David Kastrup
2003-06-01 20:18 ` Jan D.
2003-05-29 23:58 ` Alan Shutko
2003-05-30 0:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-05-30 5:20 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-05-30 17:29 ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-05-30 19:55 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-06-02 21:27 ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-06-02 22:05 ` David Kastrup
2003-06-03 16:25 ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-06-03 20:28 ` David Kastrup
2003-06-02 22:42 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-06-03 16:26 ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-05-30 7:16 ` Lars Hansen
2003-05-30 13:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-05-31 19:52 ` Richard Stallman
2003-05-31 20:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-06-02 11:15 ` Richard Stallman
2003-06-02 17:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-06-03 10:58 ` Richard Stallman
2003-05-30 13:26 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-05-30 0:47 ` Tak Ota
2003-05-30 1:48 ` Miles Bader
2003-05-30 5:19 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-05-30 6:09 ` Miles Bader
2003-05-30 17:13 ` Richard Stallman
2003-05-30 19:58 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-06-01 15:52 ` Richard Stallman
2003-06-01 17:05 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-05-29 22:10 ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-05-30 5:13 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-05-30 6:33 ` Miles Bader
2003-05-30 7:53 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-05-30 8:05 ` Miles Bader
2003-05-30 13:26 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-06-04 11:20 ` Andreas Schwab
2003-06-04 12:49 ` Lars Hansen [this message]
2003-06-04 13:08 ` David Kastrup
2003-06-05 12:13 ` Benjamin Riefenstahl
2003-06-05 21:46 ` Richard Stallman
2003-06-05 21:55 ` David Kastrup
2003-06-05 12:45 Robert J. Chassell
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-05-30 8:57 Lars Hansen
[not found] <E19LWOR-0001eW-Nm@monty-python.gnu.org>
2003-05-30 6:36 ` Lars Hansen
[not found] <1054178219.882.88.camel@morgan>
2003-05-29 14:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-05-29 14:38 ` Jan D.
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