From: Random832 <random832@fastmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: I am confused: why Emacs keybindings in OS X?
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 01:24:18 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m237tfvb3h.fsf@fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 52c0bcab-c37e-4ecb-960e-5b46dcc10c2f@googlegroups.com
Alan <lngndvs@gmail.com> writes:
> And, guess what? The Emacs keybindings are not de rigeur on the
> GNU/Linux system!!!
I think it's that the GNU/Linux world, as an extension of the PC world,
moved to using ctrl as a general accelerator key. I remember on apps in
the 1990s and early 2000s using Motif, (e.g. the early versions of
Netscape) which used Meta as the general accelerator key, a subset of
the Emacs keybindings using control *were* supported within text edit
boxes.
In OSX, the general accelerator key is "command", so there is no
conflict with providing the Emacs bindings with control.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-01-30 6:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-27 8:34 I am confused: why Emacs keybindings in OS X? Alan
2016-01-27 8:43 ` tomas
2016-01-27 9:35 ` Christian Kruse
2016-01-27 11:25 ` tomas
2016-01-29 1:55 ` Robert Thorpe
2016-01-30 6:24 ` Random832 [this message]
2016-01-30 6:28 ` Random832
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