From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Alfred M. Szmidt" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Key binding M-g should really be goto-line Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 18:52:28 +0100 Message-ID: <1109785948.513292.5004.nullmailer@Update.UU.SE> References: <20050302111509.WIGX8756.fep02-app.kolumbus.fi@cante.net> <1109771527.112255.3324.nullmailer@Update.UU.SE> <92a5eb47050302065053a173b8@mail.gmail.com> <1109781496.226674.4635.nullmailer@Update.UU.SE> Reply-To: ams@kemisten.nu NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1109786897 27547 80.91.229.2 (2 Mar 2005 18:08:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 18:08:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 02 19:08:16 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D6YAE-0002dD-5B for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 19:01:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D6YT1-0006HO-SX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 13:21:03 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D6YQs-0005Ih-0J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 13:18:50 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D6YQm-0005Ea-4U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 13:18:46 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D6YQk-0005C2-2z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 13:18:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [130.238.4.153] (helo=pernis.its.uu.se) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1D6Y1a-0000Sl-8G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 12:52:42 -0500 Original-Received: by pernis.its.uu.se (Postfix, from userid 205) id 2C29F1A3; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 18:52:41 +0100 (MEZ) Original-Received: from pernis.its.uu.se(127.0.0.1) by pernis.its.uu.se via virus-scan id s393; Wed, 2 Mar 05 18:52:30 +0100 Original-Received: from Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE (Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE [130.238.19.25]) by pernis.its.uu.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 503EE1C7; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 18:52:30 +0100 (MEZ) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32E2438012; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 18:52:30 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Psilocybe [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 16255-01-16; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 18:52:28 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from Update.UU.SE (Lem.Update.UU.SE [130.238.19.73]) by Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE (Postfix) with SMTP id 4C56238013; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 18:52:28 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: (nullmailer pid 5005 invoked by uid 30270); Wed, 02 Mar 2005 17:52:28 -0000 Original-To: Reiner Steib In-reply-to: (message from Reiner Steib on Wed, 02 Mar 2005 18:16:12 +0100) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org X-MailScanner-To: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:34094 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:34094 > C-x g is also bad, it has a already existing keybinding since a > long time. > > C-u C-u C-l, C-x C-g, C-s NN, all seem like good candidates. Can > some Emacs developer just pick one, and define it to goto-line > and kill this stupid thread? IMHO, `C-x C-g' is a bad choice, because it is supposed to abort (C-g) an unintended `C-x'. I'd vote for `C-x g' or `C-M-g'. I oppose to C-x g strongly, as for C-x C-g, I think you are wrong there. C-x C-g produces "C-x C-g is undefined", ditto for things like "C-x v C-g". And then, you always have ESC ESC ESC to the rescue. :-) Happy hacking!