Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 05:50:53 -0500
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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT gnu DOT org>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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	(sl AT psycode DOT com)
Subject: Re: EMACS is superb
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   From: sl AT psycode DOT com (sl)

   but then I hate the fact that I'm stranded using
   the mouse so much for pulldown menu and simple things like "alt-f" for the
   "FILE" pulldown menu don't exist :O

You are not stranded to using the mouse at all.  First, you can easily
bind the Alt-f key to open the Files menu, it's a simple customization
task that is worth one line in your .emacs (hint: the name of the
function you need to bind it to is printed  by Emacs in the echo area
when you click the mouse on the "Files" item in the menu bar).
Second, Alt-f is a bad choice because it already has a binding
(forward-word) which is IMHO much more important in text editing.
Third, you can use the menu bar without touching the mouse by pressing
F10 and following the prompts.  Fourth, there's a pc-bindings-mode
(which see) that might make the key bindings much more to your taste.
Last, but not least, it strikes me that Ctrl-X Ctrl-F is not much
harder than Alt-F to begin with.