From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: adamsonj@email.unc.edu (Joel J. Adamson) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Binding C-a to select all Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:32:54 -0400 Message-ID: <87ej6da4s9.fsf@edna.homeunix.org> References: <69878120-1303-48e2-a8c2-918c60764166@w34g2000prm.googlegroups.com> <87k5g6wzq0.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1214933944 29631 80.91.229.12 (1 Jul 2008 17:39:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 17:39:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Miles Bader Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 01 19:39:49 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KDjob-0000b3-04 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:38:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59142 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KDjnk-0007kG-9g for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:38:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KDjnS-0007jv-Od for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:37:42 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KDjnQ-0007j1-LU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:37:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37931 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KDjnQ-0007iw-Ij for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:37:40 -0400 Original-Received: from smtpsrv0.isis.unc.edu ([152.2.1.139]:34933 helo=smtp.unc.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KDjnM-0007g9-5V; Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:37:36 -0400 Original-Received: from edna (cpe-071-065-248-238.nc.res.rr.com [71.65.248.238]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.unc.edu (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m61Handp026505; Tue, 1 Jul 2008 13:36:53 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87k5g6wzq0.fsf@catnip.gol.com> (Miles Bader's message of "Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:21:27 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:55178 Archived-At: Miles Bader writes: > Xah writes: >> which include several tips and elisp code to make emacs conform to >> modern UI standards. Comments welcome. > > "Modern" is not a synonym for "good". Nor is "like every dumb application written by programmers with no respect for their users" a synonym for "good." Emacs treats me like I'm smart enough to use it. Joel -- Joel J. Adamson (303) 880-3109 Public key: http://pgp.mit.edu http://www.unc.edu/~adamsonj http://trashbird1240.blogspot.com