From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Amin Bandali <bandali@gnu.org>, 40916@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#40916: [PATCH] Add "p" and "n" convenience bindings to help-mode-map
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 10:02:20 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5474d002-e1e0-48f7-8eb4-2ca2280cf79d@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87blnctpza.fsf@gnu.org>
> The following binds "p" to backward-button, and "n" to forward-button
> in help-mode-map for more conveniently jumping between buttons in *Help*
> buffers. I have found myself constantly reaching for these in *Help*
> buffers after using helpful [0] for a while.
We already have TAB and S-TAB. TAB has been
there forever, and S-TAB was added because it
was claimed to be "standard" or "conventional"
in some way.
And TAB and S-TAB are the same keys we use in
Info (where `n' and `p' move forward/backward
among node siblings).
Are we adding redundant keys now just because
someone gets used to them in some other app
or 3rd-party library?
Nothing prevents a user from binding `n' and
`p' that way. And nothing prevents a library
from having a minor mode that binds them.
And Emacs not binding them by default means
they remain available for something else in
the future.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-04-28 17:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-04-28 0:26 bug#40916: [PATCH] Add "p" and "n" convenience bindings to help-mode-map Amin Bandali
2020-04-28 17:02 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2020-04-29 5:23 ` Amin Bandali
2020-04-28 17:33 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-04-29 5:15 ` Amin Bandali
2020-05-01 0:36 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-08-08 12:08 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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