Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/03/22/08:56:38
At 02:47 AM 3/22/99 -0500, you wrote:
> How does it make sense that in order to record a macro you have to
>type in approx 3 "shortcut keys" and in order to use the macro you have to
>type 2 "shortcut keys" .. there's nothing short/easy about them.. I highly
>dislike how EMACS uses ctrl-this or that for EVERY key.. it's UGLY
>
>Gili
What you noticed comes on when you are working EMACS during the first few
minutes or hour or two or during the early learning stage. Later when you
tend to forget about the editor and focus on the work you find that
combinations like Ctrl-x, Alt-x (Meta-X), Ctrl-Alt and others are done
without thought. Now it is true that there will always have to be some
conscientious work to be done with the other hand, but in many cases this
is not such a bad thing. And the type-in command and macro repertoire you
can accumulate is unlimited--so some pause probably is good.
If you would pick out a project, maybe a small one, perhaps a text that
needs fixing up, or some code you want to do over, and do the job, I don't
think you would look at EMACS as you stated above.
Of course if you haven't even gone through the rudiments covered by the
tutorial, then nothing you observe one way or another has any meaning.
Do one job with EMACS then complain.
Best regards,
Ralph
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