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: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:44:48 +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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1278780322 10842 80.91.229.12 (10 Jul 2010 16:45:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:45:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Tom , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: ams@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 10 18:45:21 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 1OXdAz-0008O7-El for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:45:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48696 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OXdAz-0004fy-0N for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:45:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=38022 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OXdAs-0004fs-Ep for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:45:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OXdAr-0000fB-Hl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:45:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-iw0-f169.google.com ([209.85.214.169]:46860) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OXdAr-0000f6-El; Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:45:09 -0400 Original-Received: by iwn2 with SMTP id 2so4197044iwn.0 for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:45:08 -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 :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Ddt52eAWQHhBjMSRi2asD1p/N3Bi54zTNhlkwxxOexI=; b=mwZlY6D45POAD8aXfmLFuYDJxLQz+9gt3R824DnUf0Vc6PbrEfuazylhk2Aul1njal ugNR+XPrZTAZI70I62O76YIQnm/1bC+899ydRUnLIrv/JSHEDbejOgrATDpCp6AQ422x og/G32zftMpQYOtWtLo7EgZ/n31fEjLkNTpN8= 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:content-transfer-encoding; b=uMw2j+1+g5KKKzsMpEzcq6lS+oyGOeKT2X4Oe7jla575N+bBPv90JDa2H637Zo4/lH orlkVX0B5ZAj1tus7wqc7PLqk8z3pzZfW6fvclR6igLQfnYYXICfVi6a4ZgIasaMq94o PANaJ6xdRHnvC2ug3gM/6F1s28p2Km+iavz+o= Original-Received: by 10.231.66.79 with SMTP id m15mr11393951ibi.197.1278780308377; Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:45:08 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.231.170.83 with HTTP; Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:44:48 -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:127000 Archived-At: On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: > I doubt that words like yank, kill, point, etc hinder new users from > using emacs. =C2=A0The argument seems extremly weak. Please try to be more specific. Exactly what argument is it you think of? Exactly why do you think it is weak?