From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs learning curve Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:59:24 +0200 Message-ID: References: <10954D02-E217-49F3-8824-757DA34074AB@gmail.com> <83zkxzakr0.fsf@gnu.org> <83pqyva8ms.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1278957603 31206 80.91.229.12 (12 Jul 2010 18:00:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:00:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ams@gnu.org, levelhalom@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: joakim@verona.se Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 12 19:59:58 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 1OYNII-00068D-UL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:59:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36307 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OYNII-0007fd-GM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:59:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=39175 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OYNIB-0007bQ-7i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:59:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OYNI9-0000CK-Oz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:59:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ey0-f169.google.com ([209.85.215.169]:39750) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OYNI9-0000C5-Kf; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:59:45 -0400 Original-Received: by eydd26 with SMTP id d26so698721eyd.0 for ; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:59:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=BoGdQTBQHQqafVd4iteRUdYn9/pn5i2w+h9VgRnlJfU=; b=HYwFbguHDxxsHe+DilJu3ZrVRaM2HiMr8J43cfNUECJZgoMYuu9b1uogYOLwYg1u2d XEmw8xkSaRhQbqbSOmQh8X0gYjgcgBv81QEQf1JPJEC9M865YYYQqRc3PtZI2pxiTcqs kOi47pqqBVQnKd3h7P6wrzhmUlZURVPhZrQlo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=hnIMS8JEX2bR5hlVebOGC5Jd/hpWjIBLMk8vpnjwfUBcGoRG4U4Rm19SctYgZ7pFD+ Ltj47P+ruKWp3nfrbh97v9Q2n6F8XG9jW7eRRNv1TcLpwDu7ZA86kufHNmJDZd66dBan K3dVp/S/PqC3EqmX93blvNhOxDHQDF4VFNlXI= Original-Received: by 10.213.19.82 with SMTP id z18mr9501075eba.74.1278957584309; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:59:44 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.213.15.132 with HTTP; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:59:24 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:127116 Archived-At: On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 7:45 PM, wrote: > > For instance, lets assume Emacs will use the terms cut and paste instead > of killing/yanking, what will be the consequences? > > - some new users might maybe start using Emacs Yes. > - all the emacs documentation would need to be changed A small exaggeration perhaps .. ;-) > - the Emacs lisp api needs to be changed > - old code will break > - 3rd party code will break I would expect there to be aliases for backward compatibility. I also expect this change not to happen ;-)