Re: GNU Emacs raison d'etre

[Richard Stallman]

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  > I don't think the issue is ignorance about C-g.  It's that people
  > have a relationship with software interfaces in which they're not
  > accustomed to being bitten.  Even when the bite draws no blood,
  > they still don't like the feeling.

  ...
  > Again, none of the above is meant to suggest that Emacs should
  > change something.  I'm just saying that we should be intentional
  > about the kinds of users Emacs is likely to attract, and not make
  > changes designed around people who are unlikely to be long-term
  > Emacs users anyway.

That sounds like valid reasoning to me.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
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