From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: <ferkiwi+a@gmail.com>, <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: per@starback.se, 'Lennart Borgman' <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>,
spedrosa@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: RE: Emacs for new users
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:05:10 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DEA7BD68BFDE4D1DB3F91F3F835D6645@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bff91cf40911251357y981fa35i7f8a37daa29c16c8@mail.gmail.com>
> > This is not meant to be more convenient or more foolproof. It is
> > meant to push the user to use and learn the key bindings.
>
> Maybe it could also be useful if it was possible to disable the use of
> the arrow keys and the next/prev page, home, end, etc, for the people
> who want to learn the Control and Meta keybindings.
We could disable the keyboard and the mouse, and teach the Zen way.
We could sell hair shirts and nail beds at www.gnu.org, to help new users get in
the groove.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-25 22:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-11-23 16:37 Emacs for new users Per Starbäck
2009-11-23 16:59 ` Giuseppe Scrivano
2009-11-23 18:47 ` Chong Yidong
2009-11-23 20:49 ` Chong Yidong
2009-11-26 22:35 ` Beeping (was: Emacs for new users) Juri Linkov
2009-11-26 23:12 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-11-27 4:12 ` Beeping Stefan Monnier
2009-11-27 6:48 ` Beeping Lennart Borgman
2009-11-27 19:25 ` Beeping Stefan Monnier
2009-11-27 20:25 ` Beeping Lennart Borgman
2009-11-27 23:12 ` Beeping Stefan Monnier
2009-11-27 23:15 ` Beeping Lennart Borgman
2009-11-28 1:49 ` Beeping Stefan Monnier
2009-11-28 2:47 ` Beeping Lennart Borgman
2009-11-23 17:05 ` Emacs for new users Stephen Eilert
2009-11-24 14:10 ` Richard Stallman
2009-11-24 14:43 ` Renaud Casenave-Péré
2009-11-24 16:10 ` Andreas Schwab
2009-11-25 21:01 ` Richard Stallman
2009-11-30 23:02 ` Giorgos Keramidas
2009-11-24 15:51 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-11-24 16:41 ` Drew Adams
2009-11-24 17:15 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-11-24 17:27 ` Chong Yidong
2009-11-24 17:35 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-11-24 17:51 ` Deniz Dogan
2009-11-24 18:37 ` Chong Yidong
2009-11-24 18:03 ` Drew Adams
2009-11-24 18:06 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-11-24 18:22 ` Drew Adams
2009-11-24 18:30 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-11-24 19:35 ` Drew Adams
2009-11-24 19:40 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-11-25 21:02 ` Richard Stallman
2009-11-25 21:04 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-11-25 21:57 ` Fernando C.V.
2009-11-25 22:05 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2009-11-25 22:27 ` Fernando C.V.
2009-11-25 22:34 ` Drew Adams
2009-11-26 6:23 ` Richard Stallman
2009-11-23 18:56 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-11-23 19:35 ` Les Harris
2009-11-23 20:28 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-11-23 21:04 ` Chong Yidong
2009-11-23 21:16 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-11-23 21:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-11-23 22:05 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-11-30 22:55 ` Giorgos Keramidas
2009-11-30 23:01 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-12-01 9:13 ` Deniz Dogan
2009-12-01 10:13 ` Miles Bader
2010-11-13 19:14 ` separating CUA rectangles from CUA selection mode [was: Emacs for new users] Drew Adams
2009-11-23 21:16 ` Emacs for new users Stephen Eilert
2009-11-23 22:06 ` Per Starbäck
2009-11-23 22:43 ` Per Starbäck
2009-11-23 22:46 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-11-23 23:55 ` Sebastian Rose
2009-11-24 6:43 ` tomas
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