On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 07:30:25AM EDT, Harry Rickards wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Sorry, sent it to Chris Jones, not the list by mistake.
No harm done. I was going to reply off-list and then I noticed that you had re-posted. > >>> Why must emacs depend on sound packages? .. because it is a full-fledged integrated desktop? :-) [..] > Plus, even though emacs does other stuff apart from editing, what can > emacs do that a separate tool can't do? Surely if emacs is more than > an editor, it doesn't follow Doug McIlroy's UNIX philosophy: > > Write programs that *do one thing and do it well*. Write programs to > work together. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is > a universal interface Maybe one problem with that is that where there is some degree of consistency across the board as long as you stick with line-mode tools from the shell prompt, screen-mode programs are a different story. I find switching between vim.. mutt.. slrn.. Elinks.. mc ... rather frustrating because they are all so different in terms of "look and feel". Since emacs & extensions appear to do everything I have currently set up on my desktop including mail & web browsing and should therefore provide one consistent interface that covers my needs out of the box, I am beginning to think that if I can find some config file or other that provides ergonomically sound keyboard mappings, I should give it another shot. CJ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
