From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Default Emacs keybindings Date: Sat, 01 May 2004 13:50:50 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1083434179 24904 80.91.224.253 (1 May 2004 17:56:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 17:56:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sat May 01 19:56:13 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BJyij-0004co-00 for ; Sat, 01 May 2004 19:56:13 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BJyii-0007Rm-00 for ; Sat, 01 May 2004 19:56:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BJyfl-0006pj-FB for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sat, 01 May 2004 13:53:09 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BJye4-0006OB-LY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 May 2004 13:51:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BJydX-0006Ff-Ba for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 May 2004 13:51:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BJydX-0006Fb-5p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 May 2004 13:50:51 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.24) id 1BJydW-0001L8-L5; Sat, 01 May 2004 13:50:50 -0400 Original-To: Per Abrahamsen In-reply-to: (message from Per Abrahamsen on Fri, 30 Apr 2004 15:06:00 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:22499 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:22499 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. I recall that someone did an experiment around 1980 to compare the efficiency of editing with arrow keys and with C-f, C-b, etc. The result was that the arrow keys were less efficient.