From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: arrow keys vs. C-f/b/n/p Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:40:37 +0900 Message-ID: <877hm44xm2.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <87d3w2ncqs.fsf_-_@lola.goethe.zz> <87iq5py7xk.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <874oh9jwqw.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87sk4t5kmc.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1276321267 21018 80.91.229.12 (12 Jun 2010 05:41:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 05:41:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: David Kastrup , Chong Yidong , Lennart Borgman , emacs-devel@gnu.org, James Cloos , Eli Zaretskii To: W Dan Meyer Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 12 07:41:04 2010 connect(): No such file or directory 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 1ONJSj-00071s-FC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Jun 2010 07:40:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46802 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ONJSi-0000Ai-2x for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:40:56 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=57957 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ONJSZ-0000Ad-Vc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:40:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ONJSX-0002Tp-SM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:40:47 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp11.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.73]:52683) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ONJSU-0002TQ-GN; Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:40:42 -0400 Original-Received: from 218.231.154.7.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.154.7] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp11.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1ONJSP-00034t-Vk; Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:40:38 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 268C8DF8B; Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:40:37 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <87sk4t5kmc.fsf@gmail.com> (W. Dan Meyer's message of "Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:23:39 +0100") Original-Lines: 13 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:125781 Archived-At: W Dan Meyer writes: > - C-{f,b} is used mostly by experienced Emacs users, if they don't like > they will most likely change it (I am sure you can contradict it, I > have never learnt to use them) Even if this is true (I dunno), I don't think we want make it even _harder_ for new users to learn to use Emacs' better bindings...... -Miles -- Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra. Suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night the ice weasels come. --Nietzsche