I agree with Mr. Heffner. I've not tried CUA mode, so I can
only imagine that a user wouldn't be able to copy and paste a
rectangle without reverting to native keybindings.
When I started using Emacs for the first time (v20.7), I took
the manual's advice and avoided large scale key re-binding. I'm
glad I did.
-----Original Message-----
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 18:08:12 -0700
From: "Stephen F. Heffner" <address@hidden>
Subject: RE: [h-e-w] new user keybindings
To: <address@hidden>
Lennart Borgman spake thusly:
IMHO CUA-bindings are that important for windows users that
they deserve
a place in the tutorial. I believe cua-mode makes it much
easier for a
windows user to learn and use Emacs.
[snip]
However, as newbies gain experience and do more things with Emacs, they
will
find that CUA only covers the basics, and they will have to learn the
"Emacs
way" anyway, in order to progress in proficiency.
[snip]