From: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>
To: Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>
Cc: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>,
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,
Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>,
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>,
Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>,
emacs-devel@gnu.org, Hugo Heagren <hugo@heagren.com>
Subject: Re: master 6a2ee981c3: Add new functions for splitting the root window
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 10:51:52 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2b58b8f542164fb650cd@heytings.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAP_d_8UpN3ZOvLX-tqs6szYWH+gi341iuTfzS33+BRWmvEARvA@mail.gmail.com>
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>> We cannot draw a conclusion from a single example, and AFAIU the
>> screenshot you show does not tell that "x" is used to maximize a window
>> but only that, when that menu is opened, you can select its "maximize"
>> entry by pressing "x".
>
> How many examples do you want? Windows, KDE, Xfce, pretty much every one
> with the concept of a window operations menu.
>
> Yes, those are menu item mnemonics, not direct bindings, because no
> window manager is going to steal character input for window operations.
> You typically invoke the menu with Alt+Space, then use the mnemonic; in
> this use, it is similar to Emacs’s prefix maps.
>
I don't use any of these window managers myself, which is why I asked for
examples. I misunderstood his answer, and did not realize that users
could use a window menu the way you describe it.
>
> Alternatively, the CUA standard used to specify Alt+F10 for maximization
> and Alt+F9 for minimization; Xfce still honors that in default
> keybindings.
>
These are the kind of key bindings I had in mind, and a few Google
searches showed a great variety of bindings accross window managers.
Anyway, it seems to me that this is tangent to the discussion. The fact
that some users use M-SPC x (in Emacs key notation) to maximize a frame
(in Emacs parlance) does not seem to be a good reason to use the 'x' key
to toggle the maximization of windows in Emacs. At least I'll continue to
use the 'm' key in my configuration for that purpose.
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2022-09-06 16:17 ` master 6a2ee981c3: Add new functions for splitting the root window Juri Linkov
2022-09-07 0:32 ` Sean Whitton
2022-09-07 12:57 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-07 18:01 ` Juri Linkov
2022-09-08 11:50 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-08 12:09 ` Robert Pluim
2022-09-08 12:18 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-08 14:54 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-09-10 19:27 ` Juri Linkov
2022-09-11 11:03 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-11 17:48 ` Sean Whitton
2022-09-11 18:31 ` chad
2022-09-12 10:00 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-12 14:10 ` Sean Whitton
2022-09-13 11:11 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-13 13:52 ` Sean Whitton
2022-09-13 13:56 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-13 14:12 ` Sean Whitton
2022-09-14 12:29 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-14 13:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-14 16:37 ` Sean Whitton
2022-09-14 16:37 ` Sean Whitton
2022-09-12 14:29 ` Visuwesh
2022-09-12 10:04 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-12 14:35 ` Sean Whitton
2022-09-13 4:08 ` Richard Stallman
2022-09-13 14:29 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-09-12 17:34 ` Juri Linkov
2022-09-12 18:57 ` Sean Whitton
2022-09-12 19:31 ` Juri Linkov
2022-09-13 14:01 ` Sean Whitton
2022-09-13 18:29 ` Juri Linkov
2022-09-13 22:12 ` Sean Whitton
2022-09-14 6:53 ` Juri Linkov
2022-09-14 16:52 ` Sean Whitton
2022-09-14 19:22 ` Juri Linkov
2022-09-14 23:06 ` Sean Whitton
2022-09-15 5:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-15 16:14 ` Sean Whitton
2022-09-12 17:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-09-12 18:55 ` Sean Whitton
2022-09-12 19:29 ` Juri Linkov
2022-09-12 23:40 ` Sean Whitton
2022-09-13 6:50 ` Juri Linkov
2022-09-13 13:54 ` Sean Whitton
2022-09-13 9:33 ` Gregory Heytings
2022-09-13 11:14 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-13 13:51 ` Sean Whitton
2022-09-13 14:01 ` Gregory Heytings
2022-09-13 14:19 ` Sean Whitton
2022-09-13 14:26 ` Gregory Heytings
2022-09-13 15:22 ` Yuri Khan
2022-09-13 16:33 ` Gregory Heytings
2022-09-13 17:09 ` Yuri Khan
2022-09-13 18:16 ` Juri Linkov
2022-09-13 19:28 ` Gregory Heytings
2022-09-14 6:47 ` Juri Linkov
2022-09-14 8:13 ` Gregory Heytings
2022-09-14 9:21 ` Yuri Khan
2022-09-14 10:51 ` Gregory Heytings [this message]
2022-09-14 12:11 ` Yuri Khan
2022-09-15 7:19 ` Augusto Stoffel
2022-09-16 14:30 ` Gregory Heytings
2022-09-16 15:03 ` Augusto Stoffel
2022-09-19 6:53 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-09-08 12:22 ` Gregory Heytings
2022-09-08 14:54 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-09-08 17:25 ` Juri Linkov
2022-09-09 17:07 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-09 17:25 ` Visuwesh
2022-09-09 17:36 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-11 3:37 ` Richard Stallman
2022-09-19 23:55 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-09-20 6:50 ` Juri Linkov
2022-09-20 7:47 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-09-20 16:06 ` Juri Linkov
2022-09-20 21:24 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-09-21 18:41 ` Juri Linkov
2022-09-21 21:16 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-09-09 17:53 ` Stefan Monnier
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