From: Nikolaj Schumacher <me@nschum.de>
To: Xah Lee <xah@xahlee.org>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to get rid of *GNU Emacs* buffer on start-up?
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:15:47 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2bpyd4g8s.fsf@nschum.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6ed07f68-4d7d-41ae-8964-bde8645adb28@z11g2000prl.googlegroups.com> (Xah Lee's message of "Wed\, 24 Sep 2008 07\:38\:14 -0700 \(PDT\)")
Xah Lee <xah@xahlee.org> wrote:
> After a while coming back to your message, i think i got it. You mean,
> basically, the Cmd key's function on the mac is roughly equivalent to
> Windows's Ctrl. So, Ctrl+n doesn't actually crate a new something, it
> is actually Cmd+n. Ctrl+n on the mac in fact does nothing in most
> browsers.
>
> Is that what you are saying? It's quite silly you know?
You're looking at my note from the wrong direction.
First of all, we need to clear something up: Ctrl+n on the mac does in
fact do something. It moves the cursor to the next line in many apps.
That includes browsers (I've tested Firefox, Safari and Camino).
Ctrl+d, Ctrl+p, Ctrl+f, Ctrl+b, Ctrl+a, Ctrl+e and Ctrl+k work as well.
> Similarly, in our context, when i say Ctrl+n is a standard or
> familiar with most software users, you can't argue that Mac is a
> exception just because it uses Cmd instead of Ctrl.
My argument goes the other way around.
I'm not saying Ctrl+n for "new thing" is not standard. I'm just saying
that Ctrl+n for "next line" is /also/ a standard, even if less common.
(But more common than 0.01%, even in browsers)
Clearly those two clash, except on the Macs, where one of them was
conveniently moved to another modifier. It's not silly to bring that up,
because it shows that both standards have /some/ relevance in modern
systems.
I hope you're getting what I'm saying. It's not that I don't associate
Ctrl+n with "new window" (just because it's Cmd+n on my Mac), it's that
I somewhat associate it with both commands. The same goes for a bunch
of other people, who aren't "cave-dwelling, text-browser-using tech
geekers".
Of course, there's nothing wrong with picking "new thing" for Ctrl+n,
because it's (by far) the most popular choice. But you can't simply
dismiss the other meaning as obscure, especially not given Emacs' current
audience, where the "next line" interpretation is arguable more common
than anywhere else.
regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher
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2008-09-16 5:28 How to get rid of *GNU Emacs* buffer on start-up? Davin Pearson
2008-09-16 7:39 ` Giorgos Keramidas
2008-09-16 8:47 ` Davin Pearson
2008-09-16 8:14 ` Adam Rooke
2008-09-16 8:44 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
2008-09-16 8:44 ` Charles Sebold
2008-09-16 20:57 ` Xah
2008-09-17 1:22 ` Giorgos Keramidas
2008-09-18 5:35 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-18 5:41 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-19 0:39 ` tyler
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2008-09-19 4:16 ` David Kastrup
2008-09-19 12:42 ` tyler
2008-09-20 1:53 ` Allan Gottlieb
2008-09-29 19:20 ` tyler
2008-10-01 10:26 ` Tassilo Horn
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2008-09-19 21:09 ` David Kastrup
2008-09-19 4:49 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-18 23:50 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-19 8:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2008-09-19 11:34 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-19 13:04 ` Cor Gest
2008-09-19 14:21 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-19 15:32 ` Eric S Fraga
2008-09-20 0:54 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-22 8:25 ` Eric S Fraga
2008-09-22 11:40 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-22 12:16 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
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2008-09-22 13:53 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-22 14:50 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
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2008-09-23 13:49 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-23 15:47 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
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2008-09-23 16:27 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-23 16:47 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
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2008-09-23 16:59 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-23 17:43 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-09-22 18:25 ` Eric S Fraga
2008-09-23 8:16 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-23 13:02 ` Eric S Fraga
2008-09-23 15:20 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-23 18:55 ` Michael Ekstrand
2008-09-24 1:59 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-24 8:31 ` Eric S Fraga
2008-09-24 10:12 ` Giorgos Keramidas
2008-09-24 11:46 ` Alexey Pustyntsev
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2008-09-24 12:52 ` Andreas Politz
2008-09-24 13:30 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-24 9:28 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
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2008-09-24 14:38 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-24 17:15 ` Nikolaj Schumacher [this message]
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2008-09-25 3:16 ` Xah
2008-09-23 20:34 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
2008-09-23 21:16 ` harven
2008-09-24 1:35 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-19 16:13 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
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2008-09-20 0:02 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-20 1:12 ` Chetan
2008-09-20 2:35 ` Kevin Rodgers
2008-09-24 7:35 ` Kevin Rodgers
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2008-09-24 9:26 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-26 4:52 ` Kevin Rodgers
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2008-09-26 12:39 ` Xah
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2008-09-20 2:58 ` Xah Lee
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2008-09-24 10:02 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-24 11:42 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-24 12:51 ` rustom
2008-09-24 13:33 ` Bug? buffer-offer-save Xah Lee
2008-09-24 14:31 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-09-24 14:33 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-09-26 5:40 ` How to get rid of *GNU Emacs* buffer on start-up? Kevin Rodgers
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2008-09-26 13:28 ` Xah
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2008-09-27 0:15 ` Chetan
2008-09-27 7:57 ` Andreas Politz
2008-09-27 14:17 ` Xah
2008-09-27 12:42 ` Chetan
2008-09-27 16:19 ` Xah
2008-09-27 17:28 ` Sean Sieger
2008-09-27 18:12 ` B. T. Raven
2008-09-27 22:48 ` Chetan
2008-09-28 3:43 ` Xah
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2008-09-27 14:27 ` Xah
2008-09-28 16:18 ` stan
2008-09-28 17:11 ` Richard Riley
2008-09-29 2:34 ` stan
2008-09-29 2:58 ` Richard Riley
2008-09-29 15:39 ` Cor Gest
2008-09-29 16:03 ` Richard Riley
2008-09-29 16:37 ` Cor Gest
2008-09-29 17:50 ` Richard Riley
2008-10-15 16:01 ` buffers and files and plus ca la change and all that OtherMichael
2008-10-01 1:37 ` How to get rid of *GNU Emacs* buffer on start-up? stan
2008-10-01 11:44 ` rustom
2008-10-01 19:58 ` Sean Sieger
2008-10-01 14:19 ` Richard Riley
2008-09-29 14:06 ` rustom
2008-09-29 14:32 ` Richard Riley
2008-09-29 16:56 ` Chetan
2008-09-30 9:46 ` Paul R
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2008-09-30 19:20 ` xraysmalevich
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2008-09-19 13:08 ` xraysmalevich
2008-09-19 14:13 ` Xah Lee
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2008-09-19 15:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-09-19 16:39 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-09-20 0:12 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-20 0:48 ` Cor Gest
2008-09-20 3:06 ` Xah Lee
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2008-09-19 18:11 ` Lowell Gilbert
2008-09-19 20:36 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-09-20 0:50 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-20 8:17 ` Alan Mackenzie
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2008-09-22 13:07 ` Xah Lee
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2008-09-22 17:56 ` Xah Lee
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2008-09-22 17:06 ` Xah Lee
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