Message-Id: <3.0.1.16.19990322085538.1c1fccd4@shadow.net> X-Sender: ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.1 (16) Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 08:55:38 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com From: Ralph Proctor Subject: Re: EMACS is superb In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: djgpp AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk At 02:47 AM 3/22/99 -0500, you wrote: > How does it make sense that in order to record a macro you have to >type in approx 3 "shortcut keys" and in order to use the macro you have to >type 2 "shortcut keys" .. there's nothing short/easy about them.. I highly >dislike how EMACS uses ctrl-this or that for EVERY key.. it's UGLY > >Gili What you noticed comes on when you are working EMACS during the first few minutes or hour or two or during the early learning stage. Later when you tend to forget about the editor and focus on the work you find that combinations like Ctrl-x, Alt-x (Meta-X), Ctrl-Alt and others are done without thought. Now it is true that there will always have to be some conscientious work to be done with the other hand, but in many cases this is not such a bad thing. And the type-in command and macro repertoire you can accumulate is unlimited--so some pause probably is good. If you would pick out a project, maybe a small one, perhaps a text that needs fixing up, or some code you want to do over, and do the job, I don't think you would look at EMACS as you stated above. Of course if you haven't even gone through the rudiments covered by the tutorial, then nothing you observe one way or another has any meaning. Do one job with EMACS then complain. Best regards, Ralph