Re: Transient Mark Mode on by default

[M Jared Finder]

David Kastrup wrote:
> M Jared Finder <address@hidden> writes:
>
>   
> > And I use cua-mode.
> >
> > You guys all say the experienced user never uses cua-mode,
> >     
>
> No, we don't.  What is it in this thread that makes people invent straw
> men all the time?
>
>   
> > and that the newb would be confused because it makes Emacs
> > inconsistent with itself.  I completely disagree.  If cua-mode did not
> > exist, I *would not be using Emacs today*.
> >     
>
> So you are a newbie?
>   
Repeated misunderstandings.  Is your definition of newb == someone who 
uses cua-mode?

I would not be using Emacs today, because CUA mode prevents me from 
having to context-switch in my brain from C-c/C-v/C-z to whatever Emacs 
maps those keys to.  Unlike some of you, I can not use Emacs for 
everything, and having to context switch between "using Emacs" and 
"using everything else" was too difficult for me.

> > As a solution to this whole problem, why not place an option on the
> > splash screen that chooses if cua-mode is on or not?
> >     
>
> Because the splash screen is optional and not the right place for it:
> people might no longer find it.  CUA mode is right in the "Options" menu
> where people looking for it can find it.
>   

No, you are wrong.  The splash screen is the perfect place to place 
information about CUA mode, in addition to the options menu.  One does 
not exclude the other.

Who wants CUA mode the most?  Newbies.
Who ends up actually looking at the splash screen?  People who have not 
disabled it explicity, which is a superset of newbies.

I imagine a world where the splash screen is like the "Did you know" 
popup in Gimp.  Ideally, you could place one more entry, "CUA mode 
allows you to use C-x/C-c/C-v/C-z for cut/copy/paste/undo.  [TRY IT 
NOW]", and clicking TRY IT NOW would enable cua-mode.  What's the 
disadvantage of this?  Because I can tell you MANY advantages.

 -- MJF