From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: adamsonj@email.unc.edu (Joel J. Adamson) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Binding C-a to select all Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:36:20 -0400 Message-ID: <87bq1pnyzf.fsf@edna.homeunix.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1214419336 16920 80.91.229.12 (25 Jun 2008 18:42:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:42:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Davin Pearson Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 25 20:42:59 2008 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 1KBZxE-0003kB-De for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:42:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35653 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KBZwO-0001Wz-Nb for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:42:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KBZw6-0001Wf-8M for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:41:42 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KBZw3-0001WN-Jy for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:41:40 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59070 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KBZw3-0001WG-EX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:41:39 -0400 Original-Received: from smtpsrv1.isis.unc.edu ([152.2.1.140]:38638 helo=smtp.unc.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KBZw3-0002jJ-0i for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:41:39 -0400 Original-Received: from edna (cpe-071-065-251-081.nc.res.rr.com [71.65.251.81]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.unc.edu (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m5PIeDXh001870; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:40:17 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Davin Pearson's message of "Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:55:41 -0700 (PDT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9 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:55082 Archived-At: Davin Pearson writes: > I am using Emacs to teach computer programming to computer novices They'll continue being novices unless forced out of their comfort zones. What I mean is that if you get them to learn the Emacs way, suddenly they'll be advanced computer users ;) > and therefore I need to modify Emacs to make it more like a standard > Windows application. I disagree that you need to: at least some of the people in your class will find Emacs keybindings (and the rest of the interface) more comfortable and logical, and they'll see why they've been so frustrated with "standard Windows" applications. Joel -- Joel J. Adamson (303) 880-3109 Public key: http://pgp.mit.edu http://www.unc.edu/~adamsonj http://trashbird1240.blogspot.com