From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: grischka Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: Emacs learning curve Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:18:34 +0200 Message-ID: <4C3B6A8A.80105@gmx.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1278962348 16513 80.91.229.12 (12 Jul 2010 19:19:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:19:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: drew.adams@oracle.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 12 21:19:01 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OYOWn-0002Bs-Uk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:18:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49290 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OYOWn-0007Jf-8X for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:18:57 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=36961 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OYOWb-0007FR-6L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:18:46 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OYOWa-0003QI-6q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:18:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:37102) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OYOWZ-0003Q2-Nj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:18:44 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 12 Jul 2010 19:18:41 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (EHLO [10.62.0.234]) [82.113.106.188] by mail.gmx.net (mp028) with SMTP; 12 Jul 2010 21:18:41 +0200 X-Authenticated: #18588216 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18VYKBOZPwVuBSbUI3M6l8XuHWTrykZS9ZHuUl6x+ iJUDCrRjutWm7B User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) Original-References: 81A760E619C64426AEA8EF70A3A8A783@us.oracle.com X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:127118 Archived-At: > Obviously, there is no reason to choose words perversely (e.g. use > "red" when we mean green). Or use "scroll-up" where it means scroll down, or use "split-horizontally" where it splits vertically ;) > Analogy (not really the same thing, but it is suggestive): Remember those > experiments where people put on special glasses that flip their vision > vertically - everything looks upside down. In a relatively short time their > brains adapt completely, so they actually see everything rightside up. Sure, but the point is to put the glasses on _before_ one decides for naming conventions as above. --- grischka