From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: skeleton.el _ versus @ Date: 01 Apr 2003 16:25:56 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200303242005.h2OK57gr013285@rum.cs.yale.edu> <1048554010.20622.66.camel@zircon> <200303311740.h2VHeZNG017518@rum.cs.yale.edu> <1049162293.66437.9.camel@zircon> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1049182427 26953 80.91.224.249 (1 Apr 2003 07:33:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 07:33:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 01 09:33:46 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 190GGJ-0006xf-00 for ; Tue, 01 Apr 2003 09:32:51 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 190GGn-0006n1-00 for ; Tue, 01 Apr 2003 09:33:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 190GEB-0007xT-05 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2003 02:30:39 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 190GCA-0006hL-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2003 02:28:34 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 190GAw-0006Qr-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2003 02:27:21 -0500 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([210.143.35.51]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 190GA8-00061x-00; Tue, 01 Apr 2003 02:26:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mailgate3.nec.co.jp ([10.7.69.194])h317Q5w16294; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 16:26:05 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: (from root@localhost) by mailgate3.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) id h317Q3Y16613; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 16:26:05 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from edtmg03.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.26.16.203]) by mailsv.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILSV-NEC) with ESMTP id h317Q2910999; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 16:26:02 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (localhost [127.0.0.1]) QAA23686; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 16:26:01 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) with ESMTP id h317PvNH001827; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 16:25:59 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (Postfix, from userid 31295) id D151E3724; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 16:25:56 +0900 (JST) Original-To: Joe Kelsey System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <1049162293.66437.9.camel@zircon> Original-Lines: 11 Original-cc: occitan@esperanto.org Original-cc: Richard Stallman Original-cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:12792 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:12792 Joe Kelsey writes: > > I hate such modal interfaces, sorry. > > I am sorry. Get over it. Modal interfaces are a good thing. Maybe sometimes, but the one you suggested sucks big time. -Miles -- "I distrust a research person who is always obviously busy on a task." --Robert Frosch, VP, GM Research