From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Control help- and Info-mode buffers from other buffers Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2023 19:32:56 +0300 Organization: LINKOV.NET Message-ID: <867cslrfif.fsf@mail.linkov.net> References: <87h6ruf09e.fsf@ledu-giraud.fr> <861qixbum2.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <86wn0opgpi.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <86ilc78zc2.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <834jnrek7w.fsf@gnu.org> <86v8g77iof.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83o7lzcxm8.fsf@gnu.org> <837csncfz1.fsf@gnu.org> <86zg5ixuv1.fsf@mail.linkov.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="28691"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/30.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Cc: Arthur Miller , Eli Zaretskii , manuel@ledu-giraud.fr, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Yuri Khan Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 02 18:39:31 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1q57oI-0007FN-W8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 02 Jun 2023 18:39:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q57nT-0005F8-H7; Fri, 02 Jun 2023 12:38:39 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q57nS-0005Ey-Hu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Jun 2023 12:38:38 -0400 Original-Received: from relay6-d.mail.gandi.net ([2001:4b98:dc4:8::226]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q57nQ-00061q-7D; Fri, 02 Jun 2023 12:38:38 -0400 X-GND-Sasl: juri@linkov.net X-GND-Sasl: juri@linkov.net X-GND-Sasl: juri@linkov.net X-GND-Sasl: juri@linkov.net X-GND-Sasl: juri@linkov.net Original-Received: by mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B78FDC0007; Fri, 2 Jun 2023 16:38:30 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: (Yuri Khan's message of "Fri, 2 Jun 2023 22:29:08 +0700") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2001:4b98:dc4:8::226; envelope-from=juri@linkov.net; helo=relay6-d.mail.gandi.net X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:306561 Archived-At: >> So in the perfect UI, you could just hold down a modifier, >> then type the usual keys that you would type if another window >> was selected. > > You basically want a foot pedal that moves focus to “the” other window > when depressed, and back when released. That legendary foot pedal would be ideal. But using windmove is also not bad. When 's-' moves to another window and 's-' moves back, then a key sequence is quite short: 's- SPC SPC SPC DEL s-'.