From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,be23df8e7e275d73 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-19 14:46:56 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.freenet.de!amsnews01.chello.com!nntp1.chello.se!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: "is ada dead?" A challenge for all of us? From: Kjell Mesch References: <0zS27.187213$DG1.31590366@news1.rdc1.mi.home.com> <3B4C65F5.B304D12A@earthlink.net> <9ihvff$l7i$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B4C9438.9443D810@easystreet.com> <3B52CD79.A3B1A8F5@ebox.tninet.se> Organization: Your Company Message-ID: User-Agent: Xnews/4.06.11 Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 21:50:55 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.89.138.189 X-Complaints-To: abuse@chello.se X-Trace: nntp1.chello.se 995579455 213.89.138.189 (Thu, 19 Jul 2001 23:50:55 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 23:50:55 MET DST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10284 Date: 2001-07-19T21:50:55+00:00 List-Id: Stefan Skoglund wrote in news:3B52CD79.A3B1A8F5@ebox.tninet.se: > Al Christians wrote: >> have a standard Windows look and feel either standard or not more than >> 2.5 clicks away from the default set up. I have seen an emacs setup >> that actually has hot keys on the pull down menus and responds to the >> Windows standard control keys for cut and paste, etc. Could one >> combine that kind of setup into the Ada mode for emacs? > > Hrrmm, i would be terriby lost because it would kill my ability > to find my way in Emacs and i well started to use emacs in 1987 on a > PR1ME. > > it would have to be a clearly documented tweak ie every hardline > emacs should know how to switch of the DAMN windows compatibility mode. > >> If someone could write a program that would get all the emacs haters >> to like emacs, I'd nominate them for the Nobel Peace Prize. > > Agreed. > Well emacs is the greatest, but it's not easy to learn how to use it. But thats when U do know it there is no finer editor. I guess if I had started using emacs i 1987 I would know it to perfection.. Wait a minute...I did start using It in 1987 on an Amiga, how come I learn new stuff still??? :-) Kjell - where ever i put my .emacs thats my home