Whoa! I've been miss-quoted. I believe it was "Richard M. Heiberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> who wrote the two paragraphs that you attributed to me.
But thanks for the recommendation anyway. Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:53:33 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-e-w] RE: new user keybindings - xkeymacs To: [email protected] Lennart wrote: >Are you using a lot of other programs on windows too? Don't you use the >CUA bindings for copy, cut, paste and undo there? Are you not experience >any conflict when you frequently switch from Emacs to other applications >(and are in a hurry or stressed for other reasons)? and Raymond wrote: >I have been following this discussion from a distance and therefore >tried out the CUA bindings just to see what they do. My interest is >protective. I am forever typing C-w in my university's email window >and then the whole window vanishes. > >My first reaction was negative. When I highlighted some text and then >typed C-x C-f to find a new file my higlighted region vanished. >I would rather use two different key-bindings---emacs and other---then >go through the hassle of undoing unintended text kills. What is >the recommended way to protect regular emacs users from this problem? >What is the way to tell new users with the CUA bindings about the many, >many emacs commands that begin with C-x? While maybe not the perfect solution I use Oishi's excellent XKeymacs utility on Windows to give me Emacs style keybindings for many commands *in regular Windows applications*. [snip]
