From: Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
Cc: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>,
Christoph Scholtes <cschol2112@googlemail.com>,
emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Fundamental mode vs. special mode
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:18:50 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878vo8lfd1.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111025204916.GB23228@acm.acm> (Alan Mackenzie's message of "Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:49:16 +0000")
Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> writes:
>> But in read-only buffers, self-inserting characters are useless, they
>> can't do what they are intended for. So why not allow them to do
>> more useful things, e.g. `q' to run `quit-window'?
>
> If by read-only buffers, you mean something like *info* or *Buffer
> List*, then I agree with you. But if we're talking about file buffers
> which happen to be RO at the moment, then no - self-inserting
> characters have the important function of beeping.
FWIW, I agree. For example, one might imagine visiting a file without
realizing the file is read-only, and typing `q' to insert, which ends up
quitting the window. That would be annoying.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-26 1:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-22 20:13 Fundamental mode vs. special mode Christoph Scholtes
2011-10-23 7:21 ` Chong Yidong
2011-10-23 9:19 ` martin rudalics
2011-10-23 13:28 ` Juri Linkov
2011-10-23 18:59 ` martin rudalics
2011-10-24 5:07 ` Juri Linkov
2011-10-24 16:39 ` Richard Stallman
2011-10-23 13:14 ` Johan Bockgård
2011-10-25 2:38 ` Chong Yidong
2011-10-25 3:51 ` Chong Yidong
2011-10-25 12:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-10-25 13:53 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-10-25 15:11 ` Paul Eggert
2011-10-25 20:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-10-25 20:30 ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-10-26 1:11 ` Chong Yidong
2011-10-26 12:11 ` Nix
2011-10-26 11:50 ` Richard Stallman
2011-10-27 2:25 ` Chong Yidong
2011-10-23 14:58 ` Christoph Scholtes
2011-10-24 5:11 ` Juri Linkov
2011-10-24 12:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-10-24 17:17 ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-10-25 4:30 ` Juri Linkov
2011-10-25 20:49 ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-10-26 1:18 ` Chong Yidong [this message]
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