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Re: Info tutorial is out of date
From: |
Alan Mackenzie |
Subject: |
Re: Info tutorial is out of date |
Date: |
Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:19:52 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.9i |
Morning, Drew!
> > Key bindings *are* shortcuts - what's wrong with that? 1) They are
> > commonly called "keyboard shortcuts" by many people. 2) They are
> > shorter (quicker) to use than clicking menus and links with a mouse -
> > don't you agree? They are shorter (quicker) than using `M-x' - don't
> > you agree? What is it about "shortcut" that sets you off?
> It's one of those sort of words/phrases so beloved of
> journalists/salesmen/politicians that can be used to denigrate something,
> yet the j/s/p, when called on it, can convincingly pretend it was totally
> innocent and factual, as you have done in the preceding paragraph.
Er, I didn't mean to say that. What I really wanted to say was the
_effect_ of your paragraph was indistinguishable from the j/s/p's. I
apologise for saying you were doing this knowingly. I sure you weren't.
--
Alan.
- RE: Info tutorial is out of date; mouse usage, (continued)
- RE: Info tutorial is out of date; mouse usage, Drew Adams, 2006/07/16
- Re: Info tutorial is out of date, Alan Mackenzie, 2006/07/16
- RE: Info tutorial is out of date, Drew Adams, 2006/07/16
- Re: Info tutorial is out of date, Thien-Thi Nguyen, 2006/07/16
- Re: Info tutorial is out of date, Mathias Dahl, 2006/07/16
- Re: Info tutorial is out of date, Alan Mackenzie, 2006/07/16
- Re: Info tutorial is out of date, Mathias Dahl, 2006/07/16
- RE: Info tutorial is out of date, Drew Adams, 2006/07/16
- Re: Info tutorial is out of date, Alan Mackenzie, 2006/07/17
- Re: Info tutorial is out of date, Robert J. Chassell, 2006/07/17
- Re: Info tutorial is out of date,
Alan Mackenzie <=
- Re: Info tutorial is out of date, Miles Bader, 2006/07/17
- RE: Info tutorial is out of date, Drew Adams, 2006/07/18
- Re: Info tutorial is out of date, Thien-Thi Nguyen, 2006/07/18
- "shortcut", Richard Stallman, 2006/07/18
- Re: Info tutorial is out of date, Miles Bader, 2006/07/18
- Re: Info tutorial is out of date, Richard Stallman, 2006/07/16
- Re: Info tutorial is out of date, Jay Belanger, 2006/07/16
- Re: Info tutorial is out of date, Alan Mackenzie, 2006/07/17
- Re: Info tutorial is out of date, Sascha Wilde, 2006/07/17
- Re: Info tutorial is out of date, Mathias Dahl, 2006/07/17