From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: usability issue Date: 07 Jan 2003 09:37:14 +0900 Organization: Global Online Japan Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87bs2tre11.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> References: <87bs2tyk4x.fsf@wesley.springies.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1041973257 24743 80.91.224.249 (7 Jan 2003 21:00:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 21:00:57 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18W0qE-0006Qi-00 for ; Tue, 07 Jan 2003 22:00:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18VyVp-0007jN-03 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2003 13:31:41 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.gol.com!203.216.70.8.MISMATCH!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 17 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: tc-2-254.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp Original-X-Trace: nnrp.gol.com 1041899835 27263 203.216.25.254 (7 Jan 2003 00:37:15 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@gol.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 00:37:15 +0000 (UTC) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:108700 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:5233 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:5233 Alan Shutko writes: > Because we're used to it? Why do people want beginning-of-line and > end-of-line on Home and End when they're on C-a and C-e anyway? The reason it was changed was that the bol/eol bindings are apparently what the majority of windows programs use (I don't know if it's actually true!). Of course the change is going to annoy users of emacs (or mozilla!) that are used to the old bindings, but users that are used to windows are more likely to use those special keys than `veteran' emacs users, and also less skillful at customization. -Miles -- `Suppose Korea goes to the World Cup final against Japan and wins,' Moon said. `All the past could be forgiven.' [NYT]