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> Software in general would be so much better if keybindings were always explicitly part of the user's configuration.

So you'd open up Emacs, and the only thing you'd be able to do is insert and delete text? No "beginning-of-line", no "find-file"? That seems...even less newbie-friendly than Emacs currently is.

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No, inserting text is a command (it's the self-insert-command). Presumably how it would have to be done is when some software (like Emacs) launches it'd prompt the user for every required keybinding.

That concept breaks down with the multiple thousands of default key bindings in a typical Emacs setup (source: go into an org buffer press C-h b, then go to a Python buffer and press it again, and so on)

I'm not advocating we ban the default keymap. I'm advocating that we move it.

You may like it fine, but I find it in my way more often than not.

What does it truly mean to be newbie-friendly? Are you trying to teach them the functionality of your software, or your opinions about how to use it? Why not teach newbies (find-file) first? Would that really be so bad? Why not give them both options?

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