From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jorgen Schaefer Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Info tutorial is out of date Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 04:16:05 +0200 Message-ID: <87y7uu70re.fsf@forcix.kollektiv-hamburg.de> References: <20060715221432.GA1252@muc.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1153102037 29163 80.91.229.2 (17 Jul 2006 02:07:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 02:07:17 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 17 04:07:16 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G2IVo-0006He-Ru for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 04:07:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G2IVn-0001Dn-Qd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 22:07:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G2IVc-0001Di-Oh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 22:06:56 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G2IVb-0001DW-5R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 22:06:56 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G2IVb-0001DT-1o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 22:06:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1G2IY9-0000h2-UP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 22:09:34 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1G2IVT-0006Ef-PJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 04:06:47 +0200 Original-Received: from c214095.adsl.hansenet.de ([213.39.214.95]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 04:06:47 +0200 Original-Received: from forcer by c214095.adsl.hansenet.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 04:06:47 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 19 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c214095.adsl.hansenet.de User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:57144 Archived-At: Alan Mackenzie writes: > Not every setup has mouse ambages. Mine doesn't. Neither will every > beginner's. `n' and `p' are thus important, and should be described > first. The reason to teach keyboard commands is not because some people don't have rodents on their desks. It is not due to legacy reasons or the lack of rodents that most Emacs users seem to prefer keyboard commands. The reason is that keyboard navigation is fast and efficient. It is important to teach useful interactions to users. Regards, -- Jorgen -- ((email . "forcer@forcix.cx") (www . "http://www.forcix.cx/") (gpg . "1024D/028AF63C") (irc . "nick forcer on IRCnet"))