From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: Poll about proposed change in DEL (aka Backspace) and Delete Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 06:31:48 -0700 Message-ID: References: <87litcvtu2.fsf@stupidchicken.com><4E8A8B64.9090705@arlsoft.com> <201110041239.32014.vvmarko@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1317735136 3197 80.91.229.12 (4 Oct 2011 13:32:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 13:32:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: info-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, emacs-delete-poll@gnu.org To: , Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 04 15:32:12 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RB56R-0001kl-W3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:32:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:32878 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RB56R-00028y-F4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:32:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:59288) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RB56M-00028h-SS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:32:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RB56L-0005sV-Ll for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:32:06 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet15.oracle.com ([148.87.113.117]:17628) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RB56E-0005rf-N5; Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:31:58 -0400 Original-Received: from ucsinet24.oracle.com (ucsinet24.oracle.com [156.151.31.67]) by rcsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.4/Switch-3.4.4) with ESMTP id p94DVtCq012508 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Tue, 4 Oct 2011 13:31:57 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt358.oracle.com (acsmt358.oracle.com [141.146.40.158]) by ucsinet24.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p94DQ8K2014889 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 4 Oct 2011 13:26:09 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt111.oracle.com (abhmt111.oracle.com [141.146.116.63]) by acsmt358.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id p94DVnuN028212; Tue, 4 Oct 2011 08:31:49 -0500 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.58.205) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 04 Oct 2011 06:31:48 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <201110041239.32014.vvmarko@gmail.com> Thread-Index: AcyCiliSgFDnlWSnTcKJZwZnyNYV2gACZLGA X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6109 X-Source-IP: ucsinet24.oracle.com [156.151.31.67] X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090208.4E8B0ACD.0182,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-Received-From: 148.87.113.117 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:82444 Archived-At: > If you like analogies, I'd say that there is a certain > standard among everyone about the position of the brake > pedal, except in Emacs cars which have a different > (ancient-style) position. I think it is quite reasonable, > in the interest of minimizing confusion and car crashes, > that Emacs cars adjust the pedal positions to what every > driver expects (with the possible exception of > old-style Emacs drivers who can keep the old pedals if they wish). ;-) Yes, it was only a matter of time before we got to `which-side-of-the-road-to-drive-on' and `which-side-is-the-steering-wheel-on'. Country `States Comprising Antartic Meta Earth' is thinking of changing the side it uses and would like to poll its residents. Which side are you on? Before responding, please consider the SCAME Tourist and Immigration Bureau's policy of not wanting to inconvenience newcomers, who might be used to a different side.