From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#739: Suggested small functions to plug symmetry gaps Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 06:46:30 -0700 Message-ID: References: <87pqbcqhbf.fsf@gnu.org> <87k41imttq.fsf@gnus.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1334411266 16188 80.91.229.3 (14 Apr 2012 13:47:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:47:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 739@debbugs.gnu.org, 'Reuben Thomas' To: "'Lars Ingebrigtsen'" , "'Chong Yidong'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 14 15:47:44 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SJ3KJ-0001gw-VA for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:47:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47825 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SJ3KJ-0006wL-CZ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:47:43 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:54212) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SJ3KG-0006w5-8r for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:47:41 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SJ3KE-000061-G4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:47:39 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:33474) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SJ3KE-00005w-Cv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:47:38 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SJ3LZ-0005r8-PZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:49:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:49:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 739 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 739-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B739.133441128922446 (code B ref 739); Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:49:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 739) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Apr 2012 13:48:09 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58245 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SJ3Ki-0005pz-8a for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:48:08 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet15.oracle.com ([148.87.113.117]:42713) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SJ3Kf-0005pr-Jo for 739@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:48:06 -0400 Original-Received: from ucsinet21.oracle.com (ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93]) by rcsinet15.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2) with ESMTP id q3EDkdDH024062 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:46:40 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt358.oracle.com (acsmt358.oracle.com [141.146.40.158]) by ucsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q3EDkcg1017807 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:46:38 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt101.oracle.com (abhmt101.oracle.com [141.146.116.53]) by acsmt358.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id q3EDkbmZ000585; Sat, 14 Apr 2012 08:46:37 -0500 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.44.48) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Sat, 14 Apr 2012 06:46:37 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <87k41imttq.fsf@gnus.org> Thread-Index: Ac0aMnUqqdrBWM1ORgS0izKjShHYVgAEMCAA X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-Source-IP: ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93] X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090206.4F897FC0.006F,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:59065 Archived-At: > > How about `C-x r w' (for symmetry with `M-w') and move the > > binding of `window-configuration-to-register' to `C-x r W'? > > I think that's a good idea. I can't imagine that > `window-configuration-to-register' is a command that's used a lot. 1. That's not a great assumption. 2. `C-x r M-w' is better for symmetry with `M-w'. Plain `w' has symmetry with lots of other things in Emacs (write commands, window commands,...). `M-w' is ingrained in finger-memory as a copy operation. Better to keep `w' for something that actually has a `w' in its name/meaning. (Yes, I know that Dired uses `w' as `dired-copy-filename-as-kill', but that's presumably because `M-w' is still available there and the aim was to avoid using a prefix.) 3. With `M-w', if someone binds `ctl-x-r-map' to a (prefix) key (e.g., a shorter one than `C-x r'), then s?he gets `M-w' on it, with its "copy" association. As opposed to getting just `w', with no such useful association. E.g., ` M-w'. 4. I really don't care. If the above helps, fine.