"Eli Zaretskii" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > From: Pascal Bourguignon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 20 Mar 2005 00:33:18 +0100 > > > > "Eli Zaretskii" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > From: Pascal Bourguignon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Date: 19 Mar 2005 16:45:30 +0100 > > > > > > > > 1- Probably, the theory of emacs key binding should be put in > > > > the tutorial. > > > > > > Please take another look at the tutorial--such an explanation is > > > already there. > > > > I mean, how to customize the key binding. > > Then why did you write ``the theory of emacs key binding''? What's > the ``theory'' thing about?
It's about giving some sense of Grandeur about it. Rhetorics if you wll. I agree - specifically, the Rhetoric of Extensibility. Thus, in addition to being able to press M-f, M-b, I also have (global-set-key [(meta right)] 'forward-word) (global-set-key [(meta left)] 'backward-word) and 274 other globally redefined keybindings. And a fairly non-standard keyboard layout in which all the modifiers are actually within easy reach. Which, BTW, I began work on within my first three months of learning how to use Emacs and have been very happy with ever since it was completed. However, all traces of how I actually embarked on this happy adventure are lost. I know it had to do with wanting to learn how to insert latex symbols quickly and also save my hands/wrists. Key binding does need some Theory - and regardless of whether this topic is mentioned in the tutorial, it seems that all of the syntaxes could be explained in more detail the info pages. As a thought for how to actually make Emacs easier for new users to use, what do you think about the idea of having a Tutorial subsystem, like the Info subsystem? Would it help people to learn more things in a guided learn-by-doing fashion? _______________________________________________ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs
