From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs Date: 17 May 2002 14:07:47 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <5xbsbf9dv0.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> References: <200205050534.g455YfF01634@aztec.santafe.edu> <5xbsbumexh.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <200205141941.g4EJfud15293@aztec.santafe.edu> <5xvg9qmgzt.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <200205151927.g4FJRRW26103@rum.cs.yale.edu> <5x3cwr4q7m.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <200205162249.g4GMnLH03933@rum.cs.yale.edu> <5xhel79hkw.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <200205171008.g4HA8x706243@rum.cs.yale.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1021633773 29134 127.0.0.1 (17 May 2002 11:09:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 11:09:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 178fc5-0007Zn-00 for ; Fri, 17 May 2002 13:09:33 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 178foX-0007QV-00 for ; Fri, 17 May 2002 13:22:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 178fbl-00006s-00; Fri, 17 May 2002 07:09:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.filanet.dk ([195.215.206.179]) by fencepost.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 178fZg-0008R4-00; Fri, 17 May 2002 07:07:04 -0400 Original-Received: from kfs2.cua.dk.cua.dk (kfs2.local.filanet.dk [192.168.1.182]) by mail.filanet.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 414DC7C016; Fri, 17 May 2002 11:07:02 +0000 (GMT) Original-To: "Stefan Monnier" In-Reply-To: <200205171008.g4HA8x706243@rum.cs.yale.edu> Original-Lines: 29 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2.50 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:4050 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:4050 "Stefan Monnier" writes: > Most of the time, the defaults are right, so I only need to do > C-u M-x grep RET RET which turns into C-u C-c g RET with the > appropriate binding. With the appropriate bindings, I find H-m RET RET RET easier to type than C-u C-c g RET :-) > > But obviously this is a matter of taste. .. which is why the "discussion" about it will never end :-) > > I don't see the need to show the prefix at all (I just typed > > it to get the menu). > > If there was no such menu, the minibuffer would say "M-g " after a little > while, which is why I figured it might be good to keep the "M-g" prefix > somewhere. But admittedly, the menu probably makes it clear enough > "where" one is. Since I already got immediate feedback on typing M-g, I don't need it to tell me what key I typed to get there (that's rather uncommon IMO). C-s doesn't prompt you with: C-s I-search: either. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk