On May 24, 2009, at 6:33 PM, Drew Adams wrote:
> If you absolutely feel the need to make the default value be t for  
> modes such as
> text-mode, which (you are convinced) are likely to benefit from it,  
> then do so.
> But PLEASE leave the rest of Emacs alone, by default. This is a bad  
> choice for
> Emacs - please reconsider this.

You didn't give any reason to support your view.  I can see where  
you're coming from, though.

I believe line-move-visual should be t because in this mode of  
operation, cursor movement commands correspond most closely to the  
visual representation of the buffer.

Note that I have bound C-n/p to non-visual movement in Aquamacs, while  
arrow keys are visual.  But of course I can see the argument to keep C- 
n/p and arrow keys bound to the same commands in Emacs, where a closer  
relationship between TTY and window system use is desired.

Leo wrote:

> If the purpose is to make new users feel at home, then we could create
> something like firstboot.el that runs in the first run. Most operating
> systems have this.


... and then Emacs would magically and surprisingly change its  
configuration after the first startup?
Even more confusing.

How about a newbie-mode, which can be en/disabled directly from the  
startup screen?

Ps.: I think it's too late in the game for 23.1 for this sort of change.