From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Will default key bindings spell the death of Emacs? Date: 30 May 2003 06:11:35 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <3ED67422.7060305@math.ku.dk> <20030529214728.GA24984@gnu.org> <3ED68408.4080700@math.ku.dk> <20030529224526.GA5943@gnu.org> <3ED6FFAA.3040004@math.ku.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1054289729 27928 80.91.224.249 (30 May 2003 10:15:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 10:15:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri May 30 12:15:25 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 19Lgts-0007Bl-00 for ; Fri, 30 May 2003 12:14:16 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19Lh8y-0002cQ-00 for ; Fri, 30 May 2003 12:29:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19Lgt7-0001jC-NQ for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 30 May 2003 06:13:29 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19LgsS-0001Q5-Bp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2003 06:12:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19Lgra-0000SZ-Mf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2003 06:11:55 -0400 Original-Received: from colo.agora-net.com ([207.245.84.69]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19LgrR-0000Rc-4K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2003 06:11:45 -0400 Original-Received: from ttn by colo.agora-net.com with local (Exim 3.34 #1) id 19LgrH-0007c5-00; Fri, 30 May 2003 06:11:35 -0400 Original-To: Lars Hansen In-Reply-To: Lars Hansen's message of "Fri, 30 May 2003 08:52:26 +0200" Original-Lines: 17 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 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:14475 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:14475 Lars Hansen writes: people have so different ways to work that there is no single style that is the best for everybody. so the challenge for you is to upscope and see how to separate the specific from the general, and put in place (directly or otherwise) mechanisms that allow the general to support the specific. otherwise, this valuable realization goes to waste; substituting one specific w/ another does not improve the general condition. ("meet the new boss, same as the old boss." -- the who) for things where there is no possible separation, the earlier that can be determined the more time/effort you save (which is good if you are lazy like me :-). thi