From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 50, Issue 7 Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:05:48 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <13019191.885041168301149016.JavaMail.root@vms172.mailsrvcs.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1168301189 31873 80.91.229.12 (9 Jan 2007 00:06:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 00:06:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eliz@gnu.org, jan.h.d@swipnet.se, emacs-devel@gnu.org, md5i@cs.cmu.edu, jasonr@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 09 01:06:26 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1H44VT-0005jX-5Q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Jan 2007 01:06:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H44VS-0004Bu-Kn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:06:22 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H44VG-00047C-7a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:06:10 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H44VE-000433-9Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:06:09 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H44VE-00042l-4i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:06:08 -0500 Original-Received: from [206.46.252.42] (helo=vms042pub.verizon.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1H44V9-0002nw-UG; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:06:04 -0500 Original-Received: from vms172.mailsrvcs.net ([192.168.1.1]) by vms042.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0JBK00432QXO71H0@vms042.mailsrvcs.net>; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:05:49 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from 130.76.96.18 ([130.76.96.18]) by vms172.mailsrvcs.net (Verizon Webmail) with HTTP; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:05:48 -0600 (CST) X-Originating-IP: [130.76.96.18] Original-To: Richard Stallman , "Kim F. Storm" X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:65028 Archived-At: > > That is why it is important to note that Emacs and its command set > > came first. > > So you claim to have invented the concept of doing cut, copy, and paste > via keyboard commands, and that Emacs was the first program to do that? > >That isn't the point at all. The point is that we did not ignore >Windows when we chose the Emacs commands. We chose them in 1975 >when Microsoft did not even exist. Perhaps you'll find these links of interest: http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/sj/313/ibmsj3103C.pdf http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/sj/313/ibmsj3103D.pdf http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/sj/273/ibmsj2703E.pdf http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/sj/273/ibmsj2703E.pdf