From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Key-binding clash between gnus and calc Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 00:57:41 +0100 Message-ID: <85hda63ma2.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <85acg5u9nl.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <878xvilw44.fsf@cut.bc.hsia.telus.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1132578129 761 80.91.229.2 (21 Nov 2005 13:02:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 13:02:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 21 14:02:05 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EeBH6-0005n0-B6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:00:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EeBH3-0004Tp-TS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 07:59:58 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EeAev-0004Qd-Je for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 07:20:33 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EeAeq-0004Py-Tc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 07:20:31 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ee8hL-0003e6-UY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 05:15:03 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Ee8hL-0002OP-DU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 05:14:55 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Ee8hA-0000v4-9V; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 05:14:44 -0500 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id DDE2F1C05DA9; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 00:57:41 +0100 (CET) Original-To: Ryan Yeske In-Reply-To: <878xvilw44.fsf@cut.bc.hsia.telus.net> (Ryan Yeske's message of "Sun, 20 Nov 2005 15:47:55 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:46398 Archived-At: Ryan Yeske writes: > Are there any conventions for global keybindings? > > Yes--you should always ask me. > > With all the recent talk about global bindings and calc, I thought I > should mention that the recently added rcirc package includes two > global bindings after it is loaded: > > C-c ` Used by AUCTeX. > C-c C-SPC Probably hard to enter on some terminals. > both run the command: rcirc-next-active-buffer: > "Go to the ARGth rcirc buffer with activity. > The function given by `rcirc-switch-to-buffer-function' is used to > show the buffer." > > C-c ` was the original binding I used, and C-c C-SPC was added as > people who were familiar ERC preferred that binding. It does not seem like rcirc would be a class of application that would be predetermined to occupy the global key space in that manner. Perhaps you could explain the rationale for using a global key binding here? -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum