From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: emcAsc
Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 13:45:53 +0200
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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.