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I rarely remember commands when I’m typing, I use completion and apropos to remind me, feels like something similar must be possible. Either way, obviously I sp
by thom 6y ago
I rarely remember commands when I’m typing, I use completion and apropos to remind me, feels like something similar must be possible. Either way, obviously I spend most of my life with hands on the keyboard and I’m not going to make out Emacs isn’t optimised in many ways for that. I just think it’s sad if someone thinks the big ideas in Emacs are just how it handles keybindings, that’s all really.
- kleiba 6y agoYeah, that would be sad. Luckily, I'm not one of these people but at the same time, there's no denying that keyboard is the main modality most Emacs interactions are optimized for. Your example of auto-completion is actually a good argument in favor of keyboard use since I cannot think of any other modality where a similar functionality could easily be implemented. That said, I'm not arguing that keyboard-based interaction is per se superior to any other form of input. But to me, it's undeniable that Emacs is de facto a keyboard-centric editor. And let's not forget the history of the software: it was originally developed when terminal-based interaction was the norm, (wide-spread) use of mice came much later.