From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: basic question: going back to dired Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:19:15 +0900 Organization: NEC Electronics Message-ID: References: <4884DC7F.6060406@gmail.com> <819feff4-76e3-4bf8-9ece-7b47f099efc2@j22g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> <87mykaw8sb.fsf@nonospaz.fatphil.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1216885246 9501 80.91.229.12 (24 Jul 2008 07:40:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:40:46 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 24 09:41:35 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KLvSA-0003SR-QO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:41:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41629 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KLvRH-00015P-BW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:40:39 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 23 Original-X-Trace: individual.net VwjhuTFACYVpOj3YIagTFwJ99G+NsYXsWM6/cZvf0PH5ladoPw Cancel-Lock: sha1:Gop3/xag/Ie5zhCNis2CbWl59tI= sha1:TIYBqC9jQH8mIWFX7mPacFtBDpE= System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:160532 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:55879 Archived-At: "Juanma Barranquero" writes: > Well, although I wouldn't support changing the Emacs keybindings > wholesale in a million years, Xah Lee has a point about them not being > particularly good. Do you really think that C-x C-c is good and Alt-F4 > is bad? "C-x" in general is a prefix for "major" commands, and "C-c" was historically used to kill a program (you could question the significance of "C-c" itself, but it was used so universally, its meaning was quite firmly established). Thus "C-x C-c" is a fairly logical binding, if you ask me. [If you ask xahlee of course, he'll rant at you for a month about timecubes.] Now, the logic behind "Alt-F4" is, ... what, exactly? -Miles -- The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. --Albert Einstein