The reason why using "M-x" does not appeal to me
is that I don't think of that as the central
feature of Emacs. ...
Indeed, "M-x" is designed for commands that do not have a short key
sequence. It is for commands that are `left over' from frequent use.
I know I use a control command, like C-b, and a meta command, such as
M-f, much more frequently.
Indeed, when a command I use frequently does not have a shorter
keybinding already, I tend to bind it myself. For example, I bound
`comment-out' to C-c ;
Not only is "M-x" misleading as an image, it is dangerous, since it
might lead a few novices to think that "M-x" should be used more often
than need be.
At least, with the image of a Gnu head, no novice is going to think
that Emacs is a Gnu, although they might wonder about the connection
between GNU Emacs and an operating system with a Linux kernel.
--
Robert J. Chassell
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