Re: basic question: going back to dired

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Tim X wrote:
> > Agreed. I don't like Xah Lee's proposals. But I think that he's right
> > that Emacs' use of outdated terminology sometimes hampers adoption by
> > new users.
> so what? I'm not trying to be argumentative, but what does it really
> matter if new users have a bit of a learning curve? 

I think many have tried to explain why it matters. Please see the 
archive in Emacs Devel and other places.

> While probably sounding
> provocative, how many new uses who are not prepared to learn emacs
> terminology are actually going to contribute anything?

To understand this I think you have to consider psychology and how our 
brain works.