RE: Honoring traditional defaults [was: Transient Mark Mode on bydefault]

[Drew Adams]

> >  WDOT?
> 
> To me, any "oldie" irritated by a change in default settings can go in
> its .emacs and revert to previous behaviour in a matter of seconds.
> I'm again under the impression that this idea provides convenience to
> experienced users that do not really need it. Newbies need default
> settings that encourage them to carry on, this is the real challenge I
> think.

Sounds like you didn't read what I wrote. Try again.