From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Learning "my emacs" from the start (was: Generating a listing of all symbols)
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 21:51:17 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83ppkbeswq.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140420171311.GA27790@hysteria.proulx.com>
> Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 11:13:12 -0600
> From: Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com>
>
> Rusi wrote:
> > Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > > One significant advantage of using the standard Emacs bindings is that
> > > your muscle memory will still be applicable when you need to work on
> > > someone else's machine, or even explain to someone else how to solve a
> > > problem in their Emacs. This isn't something to dismiss easily in the
> > > long run.
>
> One problem is that the standard emacs keys appear to be changing. I
> like the traditional emacs keys. But many people prefer CUA mode.
> CUA mode drives me crazy. Much of my .emacs file is to change things
> back to traditional settings.
The standard keybindings are changing (slowly) to be more friendly to
newcomers. We the veteran users count less, since we already know how
to customize Emacs to behave like we are used to.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-04-20 18:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-04-19 20:10 Learning "my emacs" from the start (was: Generating a listing of all symbols) Hans BKK
2014-04-19 20:57 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-04-20 8:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-04-20 10:39 ` Learning "my emacs" from the start Thien-Thi Nguyen
2014-04-20 11:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-04-20 14:12 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2014-04-20 14:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-04-22 8:47 ` Nicolas Richard
2014-04-22 16:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-04-20 13:00 ` Florian v. Savigny
2014-04-20 13:29 ` Florian v. Savigny
2014-04-20 14:50 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2014-04-21 8:26 ` Florian v. Savigny
[not found] ` <mailman.19974.1398068777.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-04-21 13:12 ` Hans BKK
[not found] ` <mailman.19908.1397981214.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-04-20 13:23 ` Learning "my emacs" from the start (was: Generating a listing of all symbols) Rusi
2014-04-20 17:13 ` Bob Proulx
2014-04-20 18:51 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.19947.1398019903.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-04-21 14:37 ` Rusi
2014-04-21 19:01 ` Bob Proulx
2014-04-21 20:16 ` Robert Thorpe
2014-04-21 20:22 ` Robert Thorpe
2014-04-21 21:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.20014.1398106904.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-04-22 1:37 ` Rusi
2014-04-20 17:12 ` Hans BKK
2014-04-20 20:36 ` Robert Thorpe
2014-04-20 20:41 ` Emanuel Berg
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