Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 16:35:36 +0100 (BST) From: Aled Morris <aledm@routers.co.uk> To: Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATTN Emacs users; new Zile release Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970912163258.13202A-100000@uk.ns.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <199709121456.KAA17804@gatekeeper.itribe.net>
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On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Jamie Bowden wrote: > Does anyone here actually get the point that a newbie can't use emacs > anymore than they can use vi? I hate ee as much as the rest of you, but > it's small, and it tells the newbie which keys do what, which vi and emacs > don't do. I get the point entirely - my point is that ee is OK for newbies, especially with those features you describe, but it doesn't have to reinvent keymapping! Emacs "C-e" for EOL, "C-a" for BOL are just fine. Ee even supports these mappings, BUT my complaint is that the bogus ones are the default. Aled -- tel +44 973 207987 O- aledm@routers.co.uk
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