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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: jidanni@jidanni.org
Cc: 7253@debbugs.gnu.org, ding@gnus.org
Subject: bug#7253: M-; rebound in message-mode
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:31:59 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvmxq7s2zz.fsf-monnier+emacs__39644.0118238845$1287693786$gmane$org@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877hhb2vmj.fsf_-_@jidanni.org> (jidanni@jidanni.org's message of "Fri, 22 Oct 2010 03:28:36 +0800")

SM> No, M-; should usually not be rebound in major-mods.
>>> Yuck. E.g., as I write this it is bound to comment-region.
SM> Sounds like a misfeature of the major mode you're using.  Can you give
SM> us some details?
> major-mode ^U^X^E message-mode
> M-; (translated from <escape> ;) runs the command comment-region,
> which is an interactive autoloaded Lisp function in `newcomment.el'.

Thanks.  It might make sense for message-mode to redefine the binding
somewhat since it's not really a programming mode, but this binding
means that M-; can't be used to un-quote, so it's not a good idea as
it stands.


        Stefan





  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-10-21 20:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-20 10:06 bug#7253: comment-dwim should easily allow mid-line comments jidanni
2010-10-20 16:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-10-21  4:00 ` jidanni
2010-10-21 11:20   ` Andreas Röhler
2010-10-21 18:40   ` Stefan Monnier
     [not found]     ` <mailman.9.1287690198.32629.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2010-10-21 19:59       ` bug#7253: M-; rebound in message-mode Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
     [not found]     ` <877hhb2vmj.fsf_-_@jidanni.org>
2010-10-21 20:31       ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2010-10-21 19:28 ` jidanni

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