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Article #98655Re: Enabling a command forever - too easy
From: Barry Margolin
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1991 05:25
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1991 05:25
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In article <129695@uunet.UU.NET> kyle@UUNET.UU.NET (Kyle Jones) writes:
>I question the choice of eval-expression as a disabled command.
>A person ignorant of Lisp isn't going to do themself any damage
>with this command.
>
>On the other wand, it's quite easy to type C-w instead of C-e or
>C-s or C-q, but oddly enough kill-region is not disabled by
>default.
Danger is not the only criterion used for deciding which commands should be
initially enabled. Cutting and pasting are standard, essential operations
of most text editors, so disabling the cut command is not considered
reasonable. Most users have little need to evaluate Lisp expressions, so
disabling this command doesn't impact many users.
--
Barry Margolin, Thinking Machines Corp.
barmar@think.com
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb2f1,f0c2779800ac87fa X-Google-Attributes: gidfb2f1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-04-22 22:25:51 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!fauern!ira.uka.de!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!gatech!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unreplyable!garbage From: think!barmar@BLOOM-BEACON.MIT.EDU (Barry Margolin) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Subject: Re: Enabling a command forever - too easy Message-ID: <1991Apr23.052551.650@Think.COM> Date: 23 Apr 91 05:25:51 GMT References: <9104160027.AA02107@icule.UUCP> <1991Apr16.170934.11292@athena.mit.edu> <129695@uunet.UU.NET> Sender: daemon@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA Lines: 20 Approved: bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu