From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dieter Wilhelm Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: key mapping convention Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 03:03:51 +0100 Organization: The Church of Emacs Message-ID: <87ejrryneg.fsf@hans.local.net> References: <4568AA19.50007@cklive.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1164506686 10888 80.91.229.2 (26 Nov 2006 02:04:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 02:04:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 26 03:04:44 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Go9Ni-0005yz-2j for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 26 Nov 2006 03:04:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Go9Nh-0001zh-I9 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:04:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Go9NS-0001yL-44 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:04:18 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Go9NQ-0001x1-Ss for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:04:17 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Go9NQ-0001wn-Cn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:04:16 -0500 Original-Received: from [212.227.126.171] (helo=moutng.kundenserver.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Go9NP-0006Ny-RA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:04:16 -0500 Original-Received: from [84.167.0.140] (helo=duenenhof-wilhelm.de) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu3) with ESMTP (Nemesis), id 0MKxQS-1Go9NO0XxK-0004YO; Sun, 26 Nov 2006 03:04:14 +0100 Original-Received: by duenenhof-wilhelm.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4603D76897; Sun, 26 Nov 2006 03:03:51 +0100 (CET) Original-To: Christopher =?utf-8?Q?K=C3=BCttner?= In-Reply-To: <4568AA19.50007@cklive.de> (Christopher =?utf-8?Q?K=C3=BCttne?= =?utf-8?Q?r's?= message of "Sat\, 25 Nov 2006 21\:39\:53 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de login:d7ab225b98a136e1c2910381f940ecb9 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:39003 Archived-At: Christopher K=C3=BCttner writes: > Hi All, > ... > > I am using the mighty Editor since a few months now and I must make a > decision. Should I tweak the Editor to work like my operating system, > that means using CUA and so on. Or should I tweak the operating > system such that it works like the Editor (eg C-y as "paste" ect)? > > I want to decide this once for a lifetime. Which is the way to go? > Which way is better? Where is the origin of the way Emacs does it? Any > thoughts, scientific or religious are welcome. > Religious: Blasphemer, dare you! Misanthropic: You are the source of the problem! Philanthropic: Try Emacs' CUA-mode son. Scientific: If something is never changing, it's dead already. Personally: Harrumph (see mail header) --=20 Best wishes H. Dieter Wilhelm Darmstadt, Germany