"Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com> writes: > on Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 11:38:43AM -0500, Brian Nelson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > "Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com> writes: > > > > > - It's (largely) bound to a specific viewer. Which, if you don't use > > > emacs, isn't particularly usable, and is about as intuitive > > > as...well, emacs. This has changed as additional viewers are > > > avilable (e.g.: pinfo -- based on lynx...but, of course, I don't > > > care for lynx's keybindings, and use w3m instead....) > > > > Funny, I prefer w3m over links and lynx because of its emacs-like key > > bindings. :) > > W3M has, to my mind, fewer surprises. One of the things about Info is > that an awful lot of key combinations lead you places, from whence > returning is difficult. It's also easier IMO to find and read the help > reference in W3M. Riddle me this, but I find a full-screen help page > much more useful than a half-height one such as you get with emacs, vim, > or info. I've come to use 'screen' extensively, and find that I'm more > comfortable rapidly cycling between multiple full buffers than trying to > read two half-height windows.
Aw, come on, this is emacs. I'm sure there's a way to customize it so that it won't split the window when showing a temporary help buffer. Or C-x 0 (that's a zero) will get the job done too. > I don't dislike emacs keybindings per se (I find most legacy MS Windows- > centric word processors unusable because I expect to find C-a, C-e, C-k, > C-p, C-n, C-s, C-r, etc., on them. Abiword's supposed to have an emacs > mode though I haven't got it to work). That said, I find vi a more > comfortable editor generally. The thing that really bothers me about vi is that it's very QWERTY-centric and feels very awkward with another layout, like Dvorak. The most often-used keys are chosen due to their position in the home row, and are completely meaningless in any other context (for example, j moves down, k moves up???). Emacs' key bindings, however, are not aimed toward any particular layout but instead are often chosen as abbreviations of English words (C-n = next line, C-p = previous line, C-s = search, etc.). Since the Dvorak layout has the most commonly used letters in the home position, these key bindings tend to feel more natural on Dvorak (at least to me). -- Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bignachos.com
