Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/12/05/08:52:06
On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Damian Yerrick wrote:
> > > Any editor that maps backspace to the help function
> > > (emacs) is simply out of place on a desktop with a 104+ keyboard.
>
> Suggest a better key? Unlike the Mac keyboard, the PC keyboard
> does not have a "help" key.
The usual HELP key on a PC is F1.
However, since the Emacs manual explicitly documents the HELP key to be
Ctrl-H, the DJGPP port doesn't by default redefine it to be F1. Instead,
the DOS keyboard driver included in Emacs does special trickery to
distinguish between Ctrl-H and Backspace. That is why I think that the
above complaint is irrelevant for the DOS/Windows versions of Emacs.
> > > Emacs is an incredible resource hog because it was
> > > designed by grad students with access to mainframes.
> > > Vim has the singular distinction of being the
> > > most counter-intuitive editor in existence.
>
> BOLLOCKS!
> For example, to write the current file and quit:
> In vim (multiplatform), it's :wq
> In Notepad and most other Windows editors, it's M-f s M-F4
> Now which is easier to type and understand? vim.
Well, the original message probably implied the menu-bar and the
mouse. But Emacs supports these as well, even on plain DOS: click
"Files->Exit Emacs", and you are done.
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