From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!ucbvax!C70:editor-people Newsgroups: fa.editor-p Title: Article-I.D.: ucb.1754 Posted: Thu Aug 12 02:03:45 1982 Received: Sat Aug 14 06:05:22 1982 >From RMS@MIT-AI Thu Aug 12 02:01:47 1982 1) Someone made a reference to single keystrokes that can destroy a whole day's work, in connection with EMACS. He made this reference as if it were to a commonly known and uncontroversial fact. It isn't. I don't believe it is possible to do this in an uncustomized EMACS. 2) If you want to turn off some commands for beginners, you should use the NOVICE library rather than writing it from scratch. This is not only less work, it also allows the individuals to experiment with the commands that are turned off, and turn them back on if they like.