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Shawn Betts <sabetts@vee-see-en.bee-see.see-a> writes:

> PT <mailshield.gg@mailnull.com> writes:
> 
> > By arrow keys I also mean text selection with shift+arrow keys,
> > etc. It is  pretty standard in modern systems, so it should be turned
> > on by default.
> 
> Are you saying Emacs is not a modern system? Should we add a Start
> button to Emacs too? It'd help newbs feel warm and fuzzy and its
> pretty standard on "modern systems."
> 
> -Shawn

Good idea!  Put the menu in place of the mini-buffer and the mini
buffer on the top.  :-)

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