On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, hawk wrote:
> Lars leered,
>
> > Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > | > Other options is to use:
>
> > | > C-c C-m or C-c m
>
> > | Too long.
>
> > Say that to thousends of emacs users.
>
> vile heretics, all :)
C-c C-m Two keystrokes (4 keys)
C-c m again two keystrokes (3 keys)
How often would you do this? Not as often as saving I would expect which
is:
C-x C-s Two keystrokes (3 keys) one hand (adjacent keys)
vs that abomination vi (and it really is Friday as I write this not late
Thursday afternoon as your emails datestamp indicated for you!! Hummphf)
S-: w Enter Three keystrokes (4 keys) two hands (all over the place)
> more seriously, the insanely long keystrokes are a major reason that I
> tend to vi rather than emacs. *everything* should be mapped to quick
> sequences.
I agree with all but the order of the words "vi" and "emacs" in the above
quote. If vi is so popular why isn't there a vi binding for LyX?
> It's friday; that means I can call emacs users vile heretics, can't I?
>
> > It is only in your mind.
Lars, was ahead of you when he wrote this. See emacs users are even
pre-emptive! If you want to claim it's Friday change your email date
stamp before sending on a Thursday!
> It's my fingers. More keystrokes leads to less typed output.
>
> hawk, who still needs to file bug reports on mkdir and rmdir, as any
> commands that important should only be two letters . . .
Two keystrokes, two hands?
VI? Viral Infection?
Allan. (ARRae)
