Re: CUA-theme?

[Daniele Nicolodi <daniele@grinta.net>]

On 17/09/2020 14:29, Robert Pluim wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 13:08:50 +0200, Daniele Nicolodi <daniele@grinta.net> said:
> 
>     Daniele> On 16/09/2020 15:29, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>     >> Would it make sense to define a new custom-theme (or minor-mode until
>     >> custom-theme can handle that) which makes Emacs's behavior match the
>     >> "standard" in most other applications?
> 
>     Daniele> If I understand correctly the recent discussions, one of the main goals
>     Daniele> is to make Emacs more accessible to newcomers. In this respect, are we
>     Daniele> sure that using the "theme" concept, associated (outside the Emacs
>     Daniele> world) with customizing how applications looks, to configure the
>     Daniele> application behavior is a good idea?
> 
>     Daniele> Reportedly, one of the things that newcomers struggle with is the
>     Daniele> peculiar and unique jargon used to describe Emacs concepts. This would
>     Daniele> add one more. I think the concept of "mode" as something that changes
>     Daniele> application behavior is well established and easier to explain.
> 
> Except you then engender confusion with the Emacs concept of
> modes. Perhaps we should call them 'user type profiles' or something,
> then we could call them 'new-to-emacs-profile', 'vanilla-profile', etc.

Why do you think there would be confusion with the Emacs concept of
mode? Aren't Emacs modes things that change how Emacs behaves and
defines keybindings?

Cheers,
Dan