Re: a ergonomic emacs keyboard shortcut layout

HI David,
It could be included for people who have not used Emacs before, or  
who are used to menu items more than complicated key strokes, like me.
Hank
On Aug 11, 2007, at 5:44 PM, David Reitter wrote:

> On 7 Aug 2007, at 18:01, xah lee wrote:
>
> > Good point. Thanks for the input.
> >
> > can you add to the data point? :)
>
> The way to get a random sample of all users would really be to bundle
> your code with a distribution and do the study with a large number of
> users. Adding a sample here and there, especially if you ask users
> like me, doesn't make sense methodology-wise.
>
> But to be honest, one would have to talk about the goals of this
> endeavor first. Key bindings should be determined by what people are
> used to. My conjecture: it takes longer to remember an unfamiliar
> command than to type a familiar two- or three-stroke command. I could
> dig out some references from the memory access and UI literature. We
> could build an ACT-R model for it, or run a little study to prove it.
> (I have time for none of the options.)
>
> But essentially, that's why Aquamacs sticks to (presumably) familiar
> Apple key bindings, which have probably been selected according to
> their general frequency. And that's also why Emacs sticks to its
> common key bindings, which do not match the use frequency, but which
> have been learned by its millions of users.
>
> If you'd like to help, given the knowledge gained from your use case
> study, I suggest you help port something like Aquamacs to other
> systems (that is, Windows and GNU/Linux). That way, you'll ensure
> that short key bindings are available for frequent commands ( the
> ranking of less frequent commands will differ more between people,
> and their frequencies will have a much higher error in your study
> with n=1.)
> If ported to all three major systems, moving it to a GNU variant will
> be a more realistic proposition. (RMS doesn't seem to object to UI
> changes in an Emacs variants. It's the fact that it's only available
> for the Mac that he doesn't like, and I have to agree with him.)
>
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