Re: position on changing defaults?

[Bastien]

"Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <address@hidden> writes:

> Kim F. Storm wrote:
>> Or use cua-selection-mode - to get all the benefits it provides!
>
> I really agree. Beside what Kim mentioned I think it is important to
> keep the default Emacs key usage as close to those in other applications
> as possible (without breaking Emacs use of C-x etc of course) and then
> cua-selection-mode is the natural choice.

I don't buy the argument "keep it close to other applications".

It's not that I don't buy it *at all*, it's just that I'm a bit worried
people think of this argument as being straightforward.

If a software adopts a widely used convention, it is first a benefit for
the convention itself: it extends its realm.  Then it might be a benefit
for the software himself in two very differents ways: if it helps making
the sofware more popular, or if it improves it.

I'm not arguing that a new feature feature should always improve the
software, I'm just saying that making the software more "conventional"
is barely sufficient for switching to a new feature...

My 2 cents,

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Bastien