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: [CVS] f7, f8 bound.. Date: 28 Aug 2002 12:58:36 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <5xznv7ckrn.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> References: <5xhehfe3aj.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <20020828110346.9D11.LEKTU@terra.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1030528752 10999 127.0.0.1 (28 Aug 2002 09:59:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 09:59:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17jzbS-0002rC-00 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 11:59:10 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17k07C-0007wj-00 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 12:31:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17jzco-00021I-00; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 06:00:34 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17jzaa-0001vI-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 05:58:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17jzaY-0001uV-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 05:58:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.filanet.dk ([195.215.206.179]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17jzaX-0001uR-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 05:58:13 -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 196667C017; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 09:58:12 +0000 (GMT) Original-To: Juanma Barranquero In-Reply-To: <20020828110346.9D11.LEKTU@terra.es> Original-Lines: 29 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:7035 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:7035 Juanma Barranquero writes: > On 28 Aug 2002 17:54:40 +0900, Miles Bader wrote: > > > We shouldn't just add every new feature that comes to mind, without > > giving it a bit of debate. Saying `well you can rebind it' is rather > > lame... > > In fact, if Fn/Fn+1 isn't made default for kmacro functions, I think > I'll bind them to that ASAP... but I still think they *shouldn't* be > default. I don't understand... you like the binding to function keys, but you don't like that to be easily accessible to new users. Why not? To me, the function key binding issue seems more religious than practical. > > The documentation should suggest the bindings, as other packages do. A > user is not going to know how to use macros/kmacro without reading it > anyway. Really ? Hm, yes. The documentation for C-h k f3 should be improved to briefly explain what keyboard macros are all about. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk