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by janice1999 926 days ago
I disagree. As a developer I think breaking literally decades old workflows for users without notice or any level of concern is a bad thing. For a program with users so reliant on muscle memory, I think the impact is far worse.
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smitty1e 926 days ago
The friction seemed less about the change as such as in the unilateral delivery.

Even good change (whether or not this is) needs a gentle transition.

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jonathanstrange 926 days ago
If I understood this correctly, the new behavior cannot be customized back to the old behavior. If that's true, then that's obviously very bad. Generally, as an Emacs user, I don't just want an opt-in or a gentle transition, I need to be able to customize everything to my needs.
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smitty1e 926 days ago
This is Emacs, so one presumes that it's a SMOeL (Simple Matter Of eLisp) problem.

However, it seems tasteless to impose the burden.

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