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Re: Proposal: "C-z <letter>" reserved for users


From: Emanuel Berg
Subject: Re: Proposal: "C-z <letter>" reserved for users
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2021 21:50:42 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux)

Dmitry Gutov wrote:

> Especially combined with its peculiar 'redo' mechanics.
> Which is not productive compared to modern counterparts, no
> matter how many years you spend with Emacs.

OK, what's the difference?

> Unlike GIMP or Photoshop, Emacs is not a special-purpose
> program. We expect it to be useful to a wide range of
> professions.

Well, maybe the GIMP and Photoshop people say the same thing
about their software with all scripts, plugins add-ons and
whatever that I suspect exist for them as well...

> If it were just a niche old-style editor, I would have left
> long ago, and some of the people here might have missed the
> improvements I have contributed over the years.

That's right! Can't have that.

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