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

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Drew Adams writes:

 > It's interesting (and a bit ironic), because the same approach you
 > propose for Emacs traditionalists to turn back the clock to a prior
 > Emacs release (Please just make it work like before!) could also be
 > used to provide alternative out-of-the-box experiences for Emacs
 > newbies (and others).

It is not that easy, and the proof is trivial: "Please make it work
like before" is a well-defined specification.  "Provide alternative
experiences" is not, as the moribund "custom themes" stuff shows.