From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 50, Issue 7 Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:10:51 +0100 Message-ID: References: <459BB893.9010106@gnu.org> <8764bns96l.fsf@cs.cmu.edu> <459CE689.3020006@swipnet.se> <85ejq5idfs.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1168290693 27314 80.91.229.12 (8 Jan 2007 21:11:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:11:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, jasonr@gnu.org, md5i@cs.cmu.edu, Stefan Monnier , eliz@gnu.org, jan.h.d@swipnet.se Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 08 22:11:30 2007 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 4.50) id 1H41mA-00024x-Ee for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:11:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H41m9-0006Er-LR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:11:25 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H41le-00067h-B3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:10:54 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H41ld-000672-7G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:10:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H41lc-00066n-JG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:10:52 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.237] (helo=pfepc.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1H41lR-0006eU-RD; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:10:42 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (0x503e2644.bynxx19.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk [80.62.38.68]) by pfepc.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 1ED168A0084; Mon, 8 Jan 2007 22:10:35 +0100 (CET) Original-To: David Kastrup In-Reply-To: <85ejq5idfs.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (David Kastrup's message of "Mon\, 08 Jan 2007 19\:24\:55 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.92 (gnu/linux) 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:65011 Archived-At: David Kastrup writes: > storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: > >> Also the text is overly cryptic ... why not just say: >> >> You can resolve these conflicts by enabling CUA Mode. > > Because it is wrong? Formally yes, but if you enable CUA mode to get the C-zxcv bindings, there is no real "conflict" ... as you would not expect to use C-v to scroll the window. And following the xref will give the details. > > This does not actually resolve the conflicts. Only completely > different bindings would achieve that. The issue is how to make Emacs and CUA bindings co-exist -- not invent a third set of key bindings. > > Instead, it implements compromises which allow both sets of bindings > to remain mostly usable while only moderately stepping on each other's > toes. Isn't that "resolving conflicts" ? -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk