Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Paul Rudin Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors] Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:42:02 +0100 Lines: 14 Message-ID: <87d2qpw1bp.fsf@no-fixed-abode.cable.virginmedia.net> References: <2fdf282e-fd28-4ba3-8c83-aaaace1201ec@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: individual.net 4VRZSBacU4huDynCG11OAAo4G2B4diyOk49HU+xj5E653x3+5V X-Orig-Path: hal9000.rudin.co.uk!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:Z7KxzyWxBGbJE6O6sFdFje5BFDw= sha1:j/qXqtwu1jqhRb1BTQyGyvtkOrE= User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2 (gnu/linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:50456 Roy Smith writes: > This is why I never understood the attraction of something like > xemacs, where you use the mouse to make text selections and run > commands out of menus. Menus are good for learning the functionality, and you have them just as much in Gnu emacs as in xemacs. You can even use them absent a windowing system! Text selection with a mouse is a different thing. Sometimes it's more convenient, sometimes it's not. But I agree with your general point - it's often quicker to keep your hands in position, which is where knowing keybinds for everything scores.