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From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: Howard Melman <hmelman@gmail.com>,
	"400@debbugs.gnu.org" <400@debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#400: [External] : bug#400: 23.0.60; C-h v should pick up lispified name in Customize
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 21:25:53 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tuh7ac0u.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SJ0PR10MB5488681F3B9A7865AA21A6BFF3809@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Fri, 22 Oct 2021 16:51:50 +0000")

>> but I'm now thinking that something like outline-cycle
>> would be great in any customize buffer.  Let S-TAB cycle
>> through the various states of all options at once.
>
> Fine.  But:
>
> 1. There should also be a simple visual affordance
>    (e.g., button or some indication of a key to hit).
>    Customize is also (but not only) for new users,
>    who won't necessarily know about such a cycling
>    key.

A help text at the beginning should be sufficient.

> 2. Unfortunately, Emacs decided to follow the outside
>    convention that S-TAB has the same behavior as TAB,
>    except that it cycles backward.  This wasn't a good
>    idea, IMO, but it was done, so another key would be
>    needed for your cycling behavior.

In outline-minor-mode, S-TAB cycles outlines only when point is
on the heading.  Otherwise, S-TAB preserves its original binding
to move backward.





  reply	other threads:[~2021-10-23 18:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-06-12 16:27 bug#400: 23.0.60; C-h v should pick up lispified name in Customize Drew Adams
2008-06-12 21:19 ` martin rudalics
2008-06-12 21:28   ` Drew Adams
2020-09-06 12:26 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-06 14:39   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-06 16:33     ` Kévin Le Gouguec
2021-10-20 21:02     ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-20 21:27       ` bug#400: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-10-21  6:37         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-21 16:15           ` Drew Adams
2021-10-21  3:09       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-10-21  3:35         ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-21  3:38           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-10-21  5:01             ` bug#400: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-10-21  7:40               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-21 16:49             ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-22 14:29               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-10-22 17:13                 ` bug#400: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-10-21  4:26         ` Drew Adams
2021-10-21  7:36           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-21  6:31       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-21 15:47         ` Howard Melman
2021-10-21 17:02           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-22  2:36             ` Howard Melman
2021-10-22  6:38               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-22 15:38                 ` Howard Melman
2021-10-22 17:22                   ` bug#400: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-10-21 16:34         ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-21 17:09           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-21 17:50             ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-21 18:00               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-21 19:45                 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-22  6:05                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-22  8:12                     ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-22 10:49                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-22 16:56                     ` bug#400: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-10-22  3:30           ` Howard Melman
2021-10-22 16:51             ` bug#400: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-10-23 18:25               ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2020-09-06 17:06   ` Drew Adams

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