Re: a look at the browser scene & emacs

2009-02-26 Thread Xah Lee
On Feb 26, 1:59 am, Tassilo Horn wrote: > Xah Lee writes: > > Hi Xah, > > > is the suggestion of using modern standard shortcut set of X C V for > > Cut, Copy, Paste, of which Linux uses, means it is turning emacs to a > > fancy Notepad clone? > > The functionality stays the same, but IMO it woul

Re: a look at the browser scene & emacs

2009-02-26 Thread Tassilo Horn
Xah Lee writes: Hi Xah, > is the suggestion of using modern standard shortcut set of X C V for > Cut, Copy, Paste, of which Linux uses, means it is turning emacs to a > fancy Notepad clone? The functionality stays the same, but IMO it would confuse most users. Killing is not cutting, yanking is

Re: a look at the browser scene & emacs

2009-02-26 Thread Xah Lee
On Feb 26, 12:57 am, Miles Bader wrote: > There is ample room for people to discuss this evolution, but approaches > that start with "first, toss out the existing user interface" aren't gonna > fly. Who said to toss out existing user interface, you? Are you saying that i start my suggestion wit