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Re: Transient Mark Mode on by default


From: M Jared Finder
Subject: Re: Transient Mark Mode on by default
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:00:22 -0700
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David Kastrup wrote:
M Jared Finder <address@hidden> writes:

And I use cua-mode.

You guys all say the experienced user never uses cua-mode,

No, we don't.  What is it in this thread that makes people invent straw
men all the time?

and that the newb would be confused because it makes Emacs
inconsistent with itself.  I completely disagree.  If cua-mode did not
exist, I *would not be using Emacs today*.

So you are a newbie?
Repeated misunderstandings. Is your definition of newb == someone who uses cua-mode?

I would not be using Emacs today, because CUA mode prevents me from having to context-switch in my brain from C-c/C-v/C-z to whatever Emacs maps those keys to. Unlike some of you, I can not use Emacs for everything, and having to context switch between "using Emacs" and "using everything else" was too difficult for me.

As a solution to this whole problem, why not place an option on the
splash screen that chooses if cua-mode is on or not?

Because the splash screen is optional and not the right place for it:
people might no longer find it.  CUA mode is right in the "Options" menu
where people looking for it can find it.

No, you are wrong. The splash screen is the perfect place to place information about CUA mode, in addition to the options menu. One does not exclude the other.

Who wants CUA mode the most?  Newbies.
Who ends up actually looking at the splash screen? People who have not disabled it explicity, which is a superset of newbies.

I imagine a world where the splash screen is like the "Did you know" popup in Gimp. Ideally, you could place one more entry, "CUA mode allows you to use C-x/C-c/C-v/C-z for cut/copy/paste/undo. [TRY IT NOW]", and clicking TRY IT NOW would enable cua-mode. What's the disadvantage of this? Because I can tell you MANY advantages.

 -- MJF




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