From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/44658 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sean Neakums Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Annoying new features in newer Oorts Date: Sat, 04 May 2002 14:48:17 +0100 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: <6uit64vxb2.fsf@zork.zork.net> References: <3229147191814452@oakhurst.yi.org> <6usn5d4jia.fsf@zork.zork.net> <3229150801659975@oakhurst.yi.org> <3229343185064781@oakhurst.yi.org> <6u8z72czxn.fsf@zork.zork.net> <6ubsbxadgb.fsf@zork.zork.net> <874rhozzpj.fsf@squeaker.lickey.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1020520255 20506 127.0.0.1 (4 May 2002 13:50:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 13:50:55 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 173zw6-0005Kd-00 for ; Sat, 04 May 2002 15:50:54 +0200 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 173zu6-0000Nk-00; Sat, 04 May 2002 08:48:50 -0500 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Sat, 04 May 2002 08:49:03 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id IAA25410 for ; Sat, 4 May 2002 08:48:51 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (qmail 15373 invoked by alias); 4 May 2002 13:48:32 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 15368 invoked from network); 4 May 2002 13:48:32 -0000 Original-Received: from zork.zork.net (mail@66.92.188.166) by gnus.org with SMTP; 4 May 2002 13:48:32 -0000 Original-Received: from sneakums by zork.zork.net with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 173ztZ-0005Xf-00; Sat, 04 May 2002 06:48:17 -0700 Original-To: 24th Century Technology X-Worst-Pick-Up-Line-Ever: "Hey baby, wanna peer with my leafnode instance?" X-Groin-Mounted-Steering-Wheel: "Arrrr... it's driving me nuts!" X-Message-Flag: Message text advisory: AMPHIBOLY, IMPROPER FORETHOUGHT X-Mailer: Norman Mail-Followup-To: 24th Century Technology In-Reply-To: <874rhozzpj.fsf@squeaker.lickey.com> (Matt Armstrong's message of "Fri, 03 May 2002 15:30:32 -0600") Original-Lines: 17 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090006 (Oort Gnus v0.06) Emacs/21.2 (i386-debian-linux-gnu) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:44658 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:44658 commence Matt Armstrong quotation: > Could we change C-a to go to the beginning of the line first > and to the colon when already there? This way you'd do C-a C-a to get > the magical behavior and people's hard coded brain pathways would not > be strained as hard. I think it's better that C-a always moves point to the left, or not at all if it's at the beginning of the line. The current behaviour of C-a in header lines is also easily "discoverable" by new users. Who would ever imagine that typing C-a at the beginning of a line would move point to the right? -- ///////////////// | | The spark of a pin | (require 'gnu) | dropping, falling feather-like. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ | | There is too much noise.