Re: Failing to see the allure of Emacs

["B. T. Raven" <nihil@nihilo.net>]

Jeff Clough wrote:
> pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon) writes:
> 
>>> Firemacs addon for Firefox has most Emcas keybindings set by default,
>>> and they are configurable:
>>>
>>> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4141
>>>
>>> I use with w32 Firefox and Emacs but Mozilla says this plugin works with
>>> Mac and Unicoids too.
>> Thanks!
> 
> Just to warn you, I tried this with Firefox running under Windows too.
> It worked passably for a couple of days, then started falling over in
> bizarre ways.  Keybindings stopped working in certain contexts, did
> things the ought not to do or did nothing at all.  I have no idea what
> version of the add-on that was, so maybe they've fixed it.
> 
> Then again, I have this cloud around me that eventually makes any piece
> of technology go all non-deterministic and freaky, so maybe it was just
> me all along.
> 
> Jeff


I live under that same cloud but I just adapt by not trying things again
that prove not to work. For instance in w32 I don't think you can get
C-a to move cursor to beginning of line because wind makes it be seen as
Select-all. From what I have read, Firemacs behavior is much more
predictable under Gnu/Linux. I haven't had any trouble with C-s, C-r,
C-M-u, C-v, M-v, M-w, C-y but had same problems you did across View and
Edit contexts. I am using FF 3.6 and Firemacs 3.8

Ed