From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "'Juri Linkov'" <juri@jurta.org>
Cc: 'Chong Yidong' <cyd@gnu.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: RE: M-= in Dired
Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2012 15:52:39 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2AAC80EE86E24315AC2C7462DF59BB68@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87bohgdvcw.fsf@mail.jurta.org>
> > It would be far better to bind `count-words-region' to
> > something like `C-x M-=', and thus keep `M-=' free.
>
> Or make `C-x =' a prefix key
> for a keymap with more keybindings for
> counting commands like count-words, count-lines-page,
> count-lines-region, count-matches, what-cursor-position,
> what-page, what-line.
Sure, `C-x =' or `C-x M-=' or whatever else doesn't waste a repeatable key.
Given the wealth of info that `C-x =' currently returns, even without `C-u', I
don't tend to think of it as counting things, but you could certainly make such
an argument, especially for purposes of grouping keys.
I tend to think of `C-x =' as describing (a character and a position), more than
as counting. I put it in a class with `C-h f', `C-h v', `C-h c', `C-h k',...
But I also appreciate the `=' mnemonic for the current position.
So I second your suggestion to lump `what-cursor-position' with the other
commands you mention, on the same prefix key. In general, I'm in favor of that
kind of thing.
Let's free up a great key like `M-=' for better things to come - and _leave_ it
free until we find something that really merits it.
> As for finding a key to rebind `M-=' in Dired, I wonder why couldn't
> `C-x v =' call `diff-backup' (or `dired-backup-diff' in
> Dired) in case when it can't find a VC backend?
Maybe; why not? Is there rarely a need to use `diff-backup' when a VC backend
is available? Dunno.
On the other hand, would it be confusing to a user to not realize which command
(`vc-diff' or `diff-backup') is being used here? And `C-x v' is generally for
VC stuff - this would present an exception in some contexts.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-08 22:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-07 14:57 M-= in Dired Chong Yidong
2012-09-07 15:01 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2012-09-07 15:29 ` up & down keys in Dired [was: M-= in Dired] Drew Adams
2012-09-07 17:05 ` M-= in Dired Philipp Haselwarter
2012-09-07 17:14 ` up & down keys in Dired [was: M-= in Dired] Drew Adams
2012-09-07 19:21 ` Philipp Haselwarter
2012-09-07 20:42 ` Drew Adams
2012-09-08 7:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-09 5:16 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-09-08 18:01 ` Richard Stallman
2012-09-07 15:19 ` M-= in Dired Drew Adams
2012-09-07 16:40 ` chad
2012-09-07 16:51 ` Drew Adams
2012-09-08 22:04 ` Juri Linkov
2012-09-08 22:52 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2012-09-09 13:02 ` Jambunathan K
2012-09-09 22:20 ` Juri Linkov
2012-09-14 23:45 ` Juri Linkov
2012-09-19 3:15 ` Chong Yidong
2012-09-19 20:10 ` Juri Linkov
2012-09-20 4:28 ` Chong Yidong
2012-09-20 12:30 ` Stefan Monnier
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