From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andreas_R=F6hler?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Arrow Keys? Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:13:09 +0200 Message-ID: <4A33DE25.8030606@easy-emacs.de> References: <791jqsF1otu7cU1@mid.individual.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: ger.gmane.org 1244913099 28231 80.91.229.12 (13 Jun 2009 17:11:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:11:39 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 13 19:11:36 2009 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 1MFWlR-00068D-FA for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:11:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33881 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MFWlQ-00061H-VX for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:11:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MFWl6-00060k-6U for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:11:12 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MFWl0-00060M-Mr for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:11:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51893 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MFWl0-00060J-JJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:11:06 -0400 Original-Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.186]:59903) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MFWl0-0005yd-1L for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:11:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.168.178.27] (p54BEA435.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [84.190.164.53]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mreu2) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MKv5w-1MFWkw3itU-0001c1; Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:11:03 +0200 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20081227) In-Reply-To: X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18n3/I8dK8OUoL1eC17U50jpj43ZTc+bu+JAB+ 6F0UWHiG5UgRAaT9dA45AnezfnmaADemk91SWA7N0F9bzfNFC+ 0LVcAR0gP+42smUt5FueNj9f5hdelH/wVVmeytuYKQ= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:65252 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> From: Davin Pearson >> Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help >> Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 15:55:38 -0700 (PDT) >> >> Isn't the purpose of Emacs to eliminate arguments over keybindings? >> Every Emacs user can customise their bindings to their own personal >> preferences. >> > > That's the idea, yes. But some people tend to argue a lot about the > default settings, for reasons that totally evade me in the context of > Emacs, whose customization features and extensibility are really > limitless. > > > > You are right. Nonetheless, being a beginner, it's just that kind of question to pose IMHO. Below a tiny issue I enjoy from the unlimited, it saves the (rather laborious) keystrokes typing in "yes" and "return" afterwards: (global-set-key [(super a)] '[?y ?e ?s return]) Andreas