Here are some Frequently Asked Questions about The Modernization of Emacs. They are slightly lengthy, so i've separated each item per post. The whole article can be found at http://xahlee.org/emacs/modernization.html ------------
Q: Aquamacs already does what you want. A: Aquamacs is a emacs variant based on emacs, for Apple's Macintosh computers, created in about 2004 by David Reitter. Aquamacs modifies emacs so that its user interface follows modern (Mac OS X) conventions. For example, copy, paste, undo shortcuts are cmd-c, cmd- v, cmd-z. Open file is cmd-o, saving is cmd-s. Close window is cmd-w. There is a redo command by default, with shortcut cmd-shift-z. By following a modern user interface, almost all points mentioned in this article are fixed in Aquamacs. For more info, see: Wikipedia Aquamacs↗ and Aquamac's home page at: Aquamacs.org ↗ As a emacs variant, it does help in spreading the idea that emacs user interface should be modernized. However, a third-party variant software is irrelevant to the modernization issue. For example, suppose Microsoft Word remained with its DOS era command line interface, for example, file is opened with [Esc] (to open the menus), [T] (for Transfer), [L] (for Load). Suppose Microsoft hired a third party to release a variant called MS AquaWord. This would not help Microsoft Word the software itself, and is likely to complicate the issue around Microsoft Word. Xah [EMAIL PROTECTED] ∑ http://xahlee.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
