From: Phlip <phlip2005@...>
Date: 2008-08-06T09:58:26+09:00
Subject: Re: State of the Onion

Bill Kelly wrote:

> Sorry, I can't resist, but I've had a Mac on my desk for the
> past five years.  Every platform has its warts.  Having to
> hold a modifier key to perform such a common cursor movement
> is something I think is arguably. . . . suboptimal. :D

Mm. First the Apple ][ insisted on adding spaces between BASIC words. Cute, 
except when I ran out of precious room, for things BASIC could only do on one 
line. Then the first Macintosh - the grey cube - locked up on me while playing 
golf. Then, eventually, I've spent 18 months so far using TextMate (for >cough< 
RoR). But other than that, I guess I'm just not qualified to comment on 
everyone's precious defenseless platform.

> Home/End are the first keys I rebind in any Mac editor that
> will let me.

You idiot! Don't you know that typing complete key-claws, such as Command-Right 
and Command-Left, for such common actions is _good_ for your /flexor digitalis 
longus/ muscles?!

You get that Popeye look, for tattooing anchors on...

-- 
   Phlip