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Re: Emacs learning curve


From: Tom
Subject: Re: Emacs learning curve
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:41:37 +0000 (UTC)
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Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

> 
> > That's why CUA-style editing should be made the consistent default, so 
> > Emacs 
> > works like all other modern application on KDE/Gnome/Windows, etc. and the
> > current behavior should be provided as a compatibility mode for those who
> > are accustomed to the old behavior.
> 
> I might agree.  But as long as noone submits actual code to do that, it
> won't happen.
> 

Those against the idea say the main problem with CUA mode is it hijacks C-c
and C-x which are the standard bindings in current Emacs and they are
hardwired in lots of places.

Let's say the newbie user who wants to copy with C-c/C-x/C-v don't want
to use the bindings C-w and C-y.

Is it technically possible to implement a mode which binds copy to C-c, 
cut to C-x, but before that it rebinds all C-x bindings to C-w and
C-c bindings to C-y? It should do it dynamically, of course, so when a
new buffer is opened with new bindings or a new minor mode is activated
it should change the bindings on the fly.

This way the newbie could also have a standard and consistent set of
bindings, only the prefix keys would be different in newbie mode and
veteran mode.





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