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Re: emacs-w3m question
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Xavier Maillard |
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Re: emacs-w3m question |
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Tue, 4 Nov 2008 00:25:24 +0100 |
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Dear Xavier,
Xavier> What's more, directional keys are one of the dumbest addition
Xavier> one could have thought off (in my opinion). The same apply for
Xavier> numerical keypad: what are they useful for exactly ? Is it that
Xavier> hard to press shift+& (for the azerty keyboard) to get a 1 ? Or
Xavier> press C-b to move point left ? I do not think so.
Xavier> The real reason that comes to mind is lazyness. People do not
Xavier> want to (take time to) learn how to do things, they want to go
Xavier> fast (even if they go fast wrongly). Keyboard (or typing more
Xavier> generally) is just an example, there are so many other applying
Xavier> here...
This sounds sooo much like overstated elitism. You may prefer to use C-b
and C-f and S-&, because you're so good and so l33t, this will never
change the point : beginners don't, period. Default settings must help
those people, who have not yet set their .emacs, to use and try the
software and see if they like it or not.
You do not agree; no need to tell me what I did not say. I just
speak of HABITS. There is no elitism (voluntary or not) in saying
that I do not use directional keys because a) I am not used to,
b) they are not located to an easy and accessible place and c)
because "oldies" are much more pleasant for me to type.
As told, "end of digression for me" (for real now). Anyway, we
won't agree since you are seing a flame/agression where there is
not.
Xavier
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Re: emacs-w3m question, Xavier Maillard, 2008/11/03
Re: emacs-w3m question, Xah, 2008/11/03