Re: Call for Discussion: Changing keymap [Take `zap-up-to-char' off `C-z']

>>>>> "Jerry" == Jerry James <[email protected]> writes:

    Jerry> What exactly are we discussing?  If not the patch itself,
    Jerry> then I presume the topic is any change to the keymap.

What I want to discuss is under what circumstances we will

1.  Consider changes to the user interface

2.  Introduce them in the beta series without extensive discussion

The past policy has basically been that adding features and binding
them to unbound gestures is ok, removing features or rebinding old
gestures to new or variant functions have been treated incredibly
conservatively.

Suggestions:

o In the long run I'd like to see Jan Vroonhof's "custom themes"
project revived.  While there would still be issues about the "right
default" interface, this would give people will very different ideas a
lot more room to play.

o In the short run, I suggest generalizing the "novice" library to
allow commands to be disabled either because they're dangerous for
novices or because the UI has changed in a surprising (and perhaps
dangerous) way.  This isn't quite what we want, we want to guard
keystrokes not commands, but it should be close enough for beta
testing.


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