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From: Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: RFC: Flavors - naming significant sets of customizations
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 21:56:53 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d2f36b8f-17db-4017-b1b4-9fed52a0b4d5@googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874n6vx2aq.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se>

On Friday, November 29, 2013 9:54:36 AM UTC+5:30, Emanuel Berg
wrote:
> Rustom Mody  writes:
>
> >> Has anyone already come up with a name for large
> >> customizations?  I've noticed a number of efforts to
> >> significantly customize Emacs in a way that other
> >> people can readily use.  ...
> >
> > I remember Alan Mackenzie use the word 'emacsicality'.
>
> I still don't understand what a "large customization"
> is, or is supposed to be. 

Standard (and contentious) example: cua.

Current cua-mode is a hack.
If someone wants cua *keybindings* with standard emacs *functionality*
he is out of luck because this requires deep surgery on all modes -- moving
out C-x and C-c to some other keys.


  reply	other threads:[~2013-11-29  5:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-11-25 19:31 RFC: Flavors - naming significant sets of customizations ian.tegebo
2013-11-25 19:44 ` Jambunathan K
2013-11-25 19:54   ` Drew Adams
2013-11-25 20:04     ` Jambunathan K
2013-11-25 21:14       ` Drew Adams
2013-11-25 19:54 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-25 20:19   ` Dirk-Jan C. Binnema
2013-11-25 20:27     ` Jambunathan K
2013-11-25 20:50     ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-25 21:11       ` Drew Adams
2013-11-26  2:12         ` William G. Gardella
2013-11-26  2:15           ` William G. Gardella
2013-11-26  2:25             ` William G. Gardella
     [not found]             ` <mailman.7131.1385432744.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-11-26  3:12               ` Emanuel Berg
2013-11-26 14:35           ` Drew Adams
     [not found]       ` <mailman.7112.1385413891.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-11-26  0:13         ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-26  1:41           ` Drew Adams
2013-11-25 21:10     ` Drew Adams
     [not found] ` <mailman.7101.1385409281.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-11-25 20:04   ` ian.tegebo
2013-11-26 20:15   ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-11-26 20:33     ` Emanuel Berg
2013-11-25 21:05 ` Peter Dyballa
2013-11-25 21:25 ` Jambunathan K
2013-11-26  1:03 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-11-26  9:42 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2013-11-26 21:00 ` Peter Dyballa
2013-11-27  1:22   ` Stefan Monnier
     [not found] ` <mailman.7149.1385458742.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-11-27  4:03   ` Emanuel Berg
2013-11-29  1:40 ` Rustom Mody
2013-11-29  4:24   ` Emanuel Berg
2013-11-29  5:56     ` Rustom Mody [this message]
2013-11-30  1:05       ` Emanuel Berg
2013-11-30  5:52         ` Jambunathan K
2013-11-30  6:06           ` Jambunathan K
2013-11-30  6:56           ` Jambunathan K
     [not found]           ` <mailman.7606.1385794704.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-11-30  7:49             ` Emanuel Berg
     [not found]         ` <mailman.7603.1385790839.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-11-30  7:57           ` Emanuel Berg
2013-11-30 14:22         ` Emanuel Berg
2013-12-01  6:18           ` Jambunathan K
2013-12-01  6:30           ` Jambunathan K
     [not found]           ` <mailman.7689.1385878732.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-01 16:27             ` Emanuel Berg
2013-12-02  5:21               ` Jambunathan K
2013-12-02 16:29                 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-12-02 17:07                   ` Emanuel Berg
2013-12-03 12:29                   ` Jambunathan K
     [not found]                   ` <mailman.7971.1386070312.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-03 21:27                     ` Emanuel Berg
2013-12-04  7:25                       ` Jambunathan K
     [not found]                       ` <mailman.8057.1386141963.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-04 17:50                         ` Emanuel Berg
     [not found]           ` <mailman.7691.1385879486.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-01 16:29             ` Emanuel Berg
2013-11-29  8:31     ` Yuri Khan
2013-11-29 18:00     ` Jambunathan K
     [not found]     ` <mailman.7486.1385748092.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-11-29 19:13       ` Emanuel Berg
2013-12-01  7:09         ` Jambunathan K
2013-12-01 20:57           ` Emanuel Berg
2013-12-02  5:25             ` Jambunathan K
2013-12-02  5:57               ` Jambunathan K
2013-12-02 16:47                 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-12-02 16:34               ` Emanuel Berg
     [not found]               ` <mailman.7875.1386002111.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-02 22:23                 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-12-02  0:51           ` Emanuel Berg
     [not found]         ` <mailman.7693.1385881824.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-01 16:35           ` Emanuel Berg
2013-12-01 20:40             ` Emanuel Berg
2013-11-29 19:55       ` Emanuel Berg
2013-11-30  2:52         ` Rustom Mody
2013-11-30  3:28           ` Emanuel Berg
     [not found]     ` <mailman.7436.1385713911.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-04 17:52       ` Ted Zlatanov

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