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Tue, 28 Jun 2022 04:44:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mail214c50.megamailservers.eu ([91.136.10.224]:47762 helo=mail193c50.megamailservers.eu) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1o66pX-0004vs-SQ for 46621@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 28 Jun 2022 04:44:21 -0400 X-Authenticated-User: mattiase@bredband.net DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=megamailservers.eu; s=maildub; t=1656405857; bh=YCGcMuqlE1XkHkdNcbImS0f8UzkLVJGWHkmHzo8BiBg=; h=Subject:From:In-Reply-To:Date:Cc:References:To:From; b=Jjv1xwy1sditf6G60vcDrFfvwdZqHPDjj9oQsmiHpJvHdLuE3vPqbAfPHUk4loIgy xaW84s9W6rs5Xz8IoJYy4aJX/dy+phW8svZBdELNFVKcpm3w/JQvSmLk6H/b8+isxG WomZRMBZd8dNr+62MKzYqvCQKWr8MdZncm22hkcA= Feedback-ID: mattiase@acm.or Original-Received: from smtpclient.apple (c188-150-171-71.bredband.tele2.se [188.150.171.71]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail193c50.megamailservers.eu (8.14.9/8.13.1) with ESMTP id 25S8iFMf077863; Tue, 28 Jun 2022 08:44:16 +0000 In-Reply-To: <868rphoqnw.fsf@mail.linkov.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3654.120.0.1.13) X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A782F23.62BABF61.0063, ss=1, re=0.000, recu=0.000, reip=0.000, cl=1, cld=1, fgs=0 X-CTCH-VOD: Unknown X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-Score: 0.000 X-CTCH-Flags: 0 X-CTCH-ScoreCust: 0.000 X-Origin-Country: SE X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:235516 Archived-At: 27 juni 2022 kl. 21.40 skrev Juri Linkov : >> Unfortunately that removes some of the convenience that the command >> would bring. I can't see anyone typing `C-x x d` (for example) 3 >> times in a row to get 3 copies, much less 7 times. >=20 > But it accepts a prefix arg, so a shorter key sequence is possible: > `C-3 C-x x d`. That's not nearly as useful: it forces you to plan ahead and know the = exact number in advance. With a single keybinding, you can duplicate once, visually confirm that = this is what you want to do, and keep duplicating (possibly even holding = the key down to repeat!) until you have the number of copies you want. = If you go too far, just undo. In other words, it behaves just like any = basic text-editing feature. And all of this is available, with exactly = the same key, for regions and rectangles! None of that is possible with a multi-key binding. If you made too many = copies you have to erase them by hand, or undo and restart the process = with a new prefix number. All of this adds cognitive load, and each = attempt requires a series of keypresses. (Not all commands benefit equally from having a single-key binding, of = course. For example, it would not do much to `kill-buffer`.)