From: Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: 1598@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: bug#1598: Please add easy key bindings for outline-(minor-)mode
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:49:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fxkmn3wc.fsf@iki.fi> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvprjqrd9f.fsf-monnier+emacsbugreports@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed\, 17 Dec 2008 11\:20\:42 -0500")
Stefan Monnier (2008-12-17 11:20 -0500) wrote:
> Have you tried org-mode? It's a superset of outline-mode with a magic
> TAB key to show/hide subparts.
Oh yes, org-mode is great. I use it when I need outlining with a pure
human-language text. But I also need outline-minor-mode with other major
modes, usually with AucTex's LaTeX-mode and without quick and easy
outline navigation the whole outline is too inconvenient to be really
usable.
Only a couple of months ago I switched from Vim to Emacs, and since Vim
has really easy and convenient outlining features (called folding) it
was quite a shock to see Emacs's implementation. Fortunately I managed
to fix it and I'm really happy with my solution, but I'd also like to
see Emacs improve so this is why I sent this wishlist report.
> So, I agree with you that outline-(minor-)mode's key bindings aren't
> great. This said, using M-next and such for a minor mode is
> problematic (can interact with the underlying major mode), so such
> bindings should at least depend on a user setting.
I guess you are right that M-<arrow keys> may be too intrusive for a
minor mode. Perhaps an user option for turning them on (off by default)
and two menu entries like "Hide more" and "Show more". Also,
outline-mode and outline-minor-mode functions' documentation could
advertise these interactive outline-do-close and outline-do-open
functions (or whatever they would be called).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-17 16:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-17 9:57 bug#1598: Please add easy key bindings for outline-(minor-)mode Teemu Likonen
2008-12-17 16:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-12-17 16:30 ` Processed: " Emacs bug Tracking System
2008-12-17 16:49 ` Teemu Likonen [this message]
2021-07-19 15:04 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-07-19 15:33 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-07-19 15:34 ` Juri Linkov
2021-07-19 15:55 ` Kévin Le Gouguec
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