Re: Another GMC suggestion/request

[mawarkus t-online de (Matthias Warkus)]

+++ Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 09:39:55PM +0100 +++
James Green e-mails me. Film at 11. Reply right now, after the break.
> In message <19990402143037.A414@audrey>, Matthias Warkus <mawarkus@t-
> online.de> writes
> >+++ Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 09:16:27AM +0200 +++
> >Bertrand Guiheneuf e-mails me. Film at 11. Reply right now, after the break.
> >> 
> >> federico@nuclecu.unam.mx said:
> >> // Hit C-s.  Then you can begin typing the name of the file you want to
> >> // go to.
> >> 
> >> You should not have to hit C-s. Users will not find it. 
> >
> >Why not? It's the standard search key in Emacs and info, for one, it's
> >easy to memorise, and it doesn't pollute the namespace.
> 
> 1. I wholehearted agree with the type-till-you-get-your-icon idea;
> 
> 2. C-s won't be found by the average user. I know EMACs uses such
>    bindings, but, well, put it this way, I tried to work out how to read
>    news in EMACs last night and gave up after trying to work out how it
>    uses the module.
> 
> I think development would be a lot simpler if people built for newbies,
> and made keystrokes and advanced options for those who know about them.

What's so hard about C-s? How is C-s newbie-unfriendly?

Believe me, I would have never found out about the Windows Explorer's
search feature if one hadn't told me. Do you honestly believe that
feature is easier to find and learn than using C-s?

If we give up C-s, we need to sacrifice all the unmodified letters as
keybindings. Not a good thing in my book.

mawa
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