Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 17:34:34 -0400 From: The Classiest Man Alive <ksmm@cybercom.net> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATTN Emacs users; new Zile release Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19970912173434.009f5510@cybercom.net> In-Reply-To: <199709121611.MAA18193@gatekeeper.itribe.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970912163258.13202A-100000@uk.ns.eu.org>
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At 12:19 PM 9/12/97 -0400, Jamie Bowden wrote: >Hoe the hell is a newbie supposed to know emacs key bindings? They are >documented internally in emacs, assuming you know that M- means meta, and >that meta is <alt>, etc. I don't like ee, I use vi almost exclusively, >with some emacs for large jobs with multiple files, but I wouldn't expect >a new user to know how to use either of them. I don't think it's as important to have a set of bindings that are already well know as it is to be able to get to the relevant help quickly and easily. K.S.
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