Re: lynx-dev ^Ve considered harmful

[mattack]

On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Klaus Weide wrote:
>3. It changes the meaning of 'e' (EDIT).
>
>Now 'e' isn't the good old EDIT command any more, it's kind of a
>context-sensitive DWIM-EDIT.  
>
>EDIT used to predictably mean "Edit the file I am viewing" (except in
>a directory with DIRED, where it is "Edit the file I have selected").
>Now it sometimes means "enter form text in a more convenient way",
>quite a different thing.  Both involve using an editor, but there
>isn't really much more in common.

I've never used 'e' (EDIT) before, except when I accidentally hit it, 
and Lynx says something like "Lynx cannot currently edit remote HTML files."

But this argument seems strange.  Using the same edit command makes a lot
of sense, rather than having separate commands.  It is just being 
dependant upon where you are (i.e. the cursor is) when you invoke it.
I don't see how it is confusing.  It makes everything more consistent.