PT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 13:42:38 +0100, Thien-Thi Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> PT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> Sigh. When some people sees how I work with Emacs they want to learn >>> it. The idea is to relieve the initial pain of meeting Emacs the >>> first time, so that they don't give it up in disgust, before they get >>> to know it better. >> >> at some point everyone gives up (perhaps in disgust) on something, >> instead of getting to know it better. > > Exactly. My heretic idea is to rethink the whole Emacs interface > (defaults, keybindings). Make the default Emacs very similary to > modern CUA-based applications. Give less reason for the newbies to > give up in disgust.
It takes a coherent idea to be considered a heretic. Half-baked moping is not heretical. CUA mode exists, and is accessible via the "Options" menu already. And you are living in a fantasy world if you think that newbies would be kept from giving up just because of that. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs
