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From: | Emanuel Berg |
Subject: | Re: Is Elisp really that slow? |
Date: | Thu, 30 May 2019 23:30:18 +0200 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) |
Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> Vim is consistent. > > So is Emacs. Inconsistencies in key bindings > are rare exceptions in Emacs. Even the > tutorial makes the point of explaining the > rules for consistent keybindings in basic > editing commands. Emacs is not consistent in the consistent sense of the word. There are conventions and that's all good but there are many examples where Emacs consistency is inconsistent. Here's one from the holster. Compare: `yes-or-no-p' and `getenv' Shouldn't that last one be renamed `get-env' to make it consistent? Answer: No. (But it is still inconsistent.) -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 https://dataswamp.org/~incal
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