the Modernization of Emacs
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From: Xah Lee on 10 Apr 2006 03:17 Things emacs need to change for modern world: * Change the keyboard shortcut of Copy & Paste to meta-C and meta-V as to be the same with all modern applications. * Change the undo behavior so that there is a Undo and Redo, as the same with all modern applications. * Get rid of the *scratch* buffer. * Make longlines-mode the default editor behavior for any file. Things emacs should do now, even though it eventually will do. * When opening a HTML document, automatically provide highlighting of HTML, CSS, and Javascript codes. Similarly for other multi-language files such as PHP, JSP, et al. This behavior must be automatic without requiring user to customize emacs. Possible Documentation Change Proposals * Reduce the use of the word “buffer†in the emacs documentation. Call it “opened file†or “unsaved documentâ€. * Switch the terminology of Window and Frame so it is more standard. That is, Emacs's “Window†should be called Panes or Frames. While Emacs's “Frame†should be termed Window. * Change the terminology of keybinding to “keyboard shortcut†in emacs documentation. Use the term keybinding or binding only in a technical context, such as in elisp documentation. Xah xah(a)xahlee.org ∑ http://xahlee.org/
From: Burton Samograd on 10 Apr 2006 03:40 "Xah Lee" <xah(a)xahlee.org> writes: > Things emacs need to change for modern world: <snip a bunch things you don't like about emacs> the code is there and pretty easy to read and modify. maybe you should get it, make you changes until you're happy and release it under a new name...emacsNG maybe? some of us like emacs the way it is, and we took the time to learn how to make it do what we want, maybe you should too. -- burton samograd kruhft .at. gmail kruhft.blogspot.com www.myspace.com/kruhft metashell.blogspot.com
From: fredrik.bulow@gmail.com on 10 Apr 2006 04:59 I agree with Burton on this one. It might be a good idea to distribute emacs with an alternative beginners .emacs file. Not all buffers are "open files". I see no reason why the difference between files and buffers should be swept under the rug. Even beginners like having a *scratch* buffer for temporary stuff. What have you got against it? /Fredrik
From: Greg Menke on 10 Apr 2006 06:38 "Xah Lee" <xah(a)xahlee.org> writes: > Things emacs need to change for modern world: > > * Change the keyboard shortcut of Copy & Paste to meta-C and meta-V > as to be the same with all modern applications. > * Change the undo behavior so that there is a Undo and Redo, as the > same with all modern applications. > * Get rid of the *scratch* buffer. > * Make longlines-mode the default editor behavior for any file. > > Things emacs should do now, even though it eventually will do. > > * When opening a HTML document, automatically provide highlighting > of HTML, CSS, and Javascript codes. Similarly for other multi-language > files such as PHP, JSP, et al. This behavior must be automatic without > requiring user to customize emacs. > > Possible Documentation Change Proposals > > * Reduce the use of the word ?buffer? in the emacs > documentation. Call it ?opened file? or ?unsaved document?. > * Switch the terminology of Window and Frame so it is more > standard. That is, Emacs's ?Window? should be called Panes or > Frames. While Emacs's ?Frame? should be termed Window. > * Change the terminology of keybinding to ?keyboard shortcut? > in emacs documentation. Use the term keybinding or binding only in a > technical context, such as in elisp documentation. > Sounds great. Download the source, make the changes but do please keep it to yourself. Gregm
From: Pascal Bourguignon on 10 Apr 2006 08:21
"Xah Lee" <xah(a)xahlee.org> writes: > Things emacs need to change for modern world: > > * Change the keyboard shortcut of Copy & Paste to meta-C and meta-V > as to be the same with all modern applications. For the innocent bystanders, I should mention that the whole point of programmable editors such as emacs, is to be sufficiently automatic that you rarely have to do copy-and-paste yourself, contrary of slaving editors such as MacWrite or Microsoft Words, where you, the user, have to do all the editing work using intensively copy and paste. > * Change the undo behavior so that there is a Undo and Redo, as the > same with all modern applications. And of course, since the editing is programmed, in emacs, it rarely err and rarely needs to be undone. > [... blah blah blah ...] > Xah Xah, if you want Microsoft Word, then just use Microsoft Word. I hear it even contains a Basic programming language to let you write scripts, just like in emacs! -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/ PLEASE NOTE: Some quantum physics theories suggest that when the consumer is not directly observing this product, it may cease to exist or will exist only in a vague and undetermined state. |