From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs key bindings through the ages Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:07:59 -0500 Message-ID: References: <1195020235.983333.46390@o38g2000hse.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1195058566 8974 80.91.229.12 (14 Nov 2007 16:42:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:42:46 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 14 17:42:51 2007 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 1IsLKC-00087M-Ll for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:42:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IsLJs-0008OP-9g for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:42:28 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news1.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.umontreal.ca!news.umontreal.ca.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:07:59 -0600 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:aosxWy6RFTDwbCcdM4fjb8iNnos= Original-Lines: 10 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.27.213 Original-X-Trace: sv3-OWe5GwsAWoNjm0DwG5nw7QAe71MzUGmM0IIWMrocML5XjgyemxDQ4nO3jwtly1U9n13GBhxsij6E7PM!HhJpMHqCsUpcQh+PqNj9as9nax6lEVb6rRDuO2+bSQaxOO0BTpHyOdwRiaFGGDPY/EVa3IkSKo3Z!IDf6cyObvXS/XvfqTA== Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.35 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:153816 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:49248 Archived-At: > Were the bindings designed as such right from the beginning by only > RMS? Or have they morphed over the years, with user and developer > requests guiding changes? Can anyone shed any light on the history of > the default key binding choices? As far as I know, the way it happened is that Richard climbed up the mountain, where God almighty told him the bindings to use. Stefan