From: Jay Belanger <belanger@truman.edu>
Cc: belanger@truman.edu
Subject: Re: Key-binding clash between gnus and calc
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:22:27 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ek54lbp8.fsf@vh213602.truman.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2r796torv.fsf@kenny.sha-bang.de> (Sascha Wilde's message of "Thu, 24 Nov 2005 09:48:20 +0100")
Sascha Wilde <wilde@sha-bang.de> writes:
> Jay Belanger <belanger@truman.edu> wrote:
>
>> The sequence `C-x*' has the slight advantage of using a math operator
>> at the cost of being slightly more difficult to type.
>
> I like this one. Its mnemonic, easy enough to type (at least on US and
> germane Layouts) and Richard said he wouldn't object.
Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com> writes:
> On an American keyboard, the prefix `C-x*' is harder to type than
> `C-x\'. (I do not know about other keyboards with default bindings.
> As far as I know, `C-x\' is undefined.)
How much harder do you find it? Given that you agree that `C-x\'
should be avoided, do you find `C-x*' too awkward?
Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com> later wrote:
>> Well, on a french keyboard, the `\' key is AltGR+8
>
> That is bad. We should avoid it. Perhaps we could follow Juri
> Linkov's suggestion:
>
> Another variant ... is the equals sign.
>
> `C-x =' is currently occupied by the help commands
> `what-cursor-position' and `describe-char'. But Kim recently
> suggested to rebind them to `C-h c', so `C-x =' will be available
> for calc.
Since `C-x=' won't be available, it seems to come down to `C-x*' and
`C-x\'. (There are others available, but none of which seem to have
any advantages, and these two have gotten the green light.)
The awkwardness of `C-x\' on some keyboards seems to outweigh it's
advantage on the American keyboard. The `C-x*' isn't as nice for me
as `C-x\', but I still don't find it that bad.
Unless there are serious objections, it looks to me like `C-x*' is the
best choice.
Jay
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-25 20:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 89+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-15 16:45 Key-binding clash between gnus and calc Sascha Wilde
2005-11-15 17:02 ` David Kastrup
2005-11-15 18:47 ` Sascha Wilde
2005-11-15 19:08 ` Miles Bader
2005-11-15 19:33 ` Jay Belanger
2005-11-16 10:48 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-16 16:21 ` Jay Belanger
2005-11-17 14:07 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-17 18:32 ` Robert J. Chassell
2005-11-17 21:40 ` Jay Belanger
2005-11-17 21:58 ` David Kastrup
2005-11-19 18:12 ` Robert J. Chassell
2005-11-20 13:29 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-20 18:14 ` Jay Belanger
2005-11-20 22:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-11-21 1:50 ` Jay Belanger
2005-11-21 2:50 ` Jay Belanger
2005-11-21 8:10 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-22 5:01 ` Jay Belanger
2005-11-22 10:28 ` David Kastrup
2005-11-22 14:41 ` Jay Belanger
2005-11-22 10:57 ` Juri Linkov
2005-11-22 16:02 ` David Kastrup
2005-11-22 17:42 ` Jay Belanger
2005-11-22 20:26 ` Robert J. Chassell
2005-11-22 20:41 ` Andreas Schwab
2005-11-22 22:40 ` Jay Belanger
2005-11-23 1:37 ` Robert J. Chassell
2005-11-23 4:15 ` Jay Belanger
2005-11-23 5:14 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-23 6:29 ` Jay Belanger
2005-11-23 8:17 ` David Kastrup
2005-11-23 9:19 ` Juri Linkov
2005-11-23 9:42 ` David Kastrup
2005-11-23 9:47 ` Juri Linkov
2005-11-23 10:04 ` David Kastrup
2005-11-24 3:57 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-23 11:53 ` Jay Belanger
2005-11-24 3:58 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-27 3:27 ` Jay Belanger
2005-11-24 8:48 ` Sascha Wilde
2005-11-24 12:18 ` Robert J. Chassell
2005-11-24 13:07 ` Michael Cadilhac
2005-11-24 14:00 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-11-24 14:45 ` Robert J. Chassell
2005-11-24 17:12 ` Jay Belanger
2005-11-25 15:49 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-25 20:22 ` Jay Belanger [this message]
2005-11-27 20:04 ` Juri Linkov
2005-11-28 4:46 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-24 10:40 ` Juri Linkov
2005-11-25 15:49 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-24 3:58 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-22 21:14 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-22 21:06 ` Robert J. Chassell
2005-11-22 21:35 ` Andreas Schwab
2005-11-23 6:06 ` Juri Linkov
2005-11-23 6:24 ` Jay Belanger
2005-11-23 9:18 ` Juri Linkov
2005-11-23 12:06 ` Robert J. Chassell
2005-11-22 11:12 ` Andreas Schwab
2005-11-20 23:47 ` Ryan Yeske
2005-11-20 23:57 ` David Kastrup
2005-11-22 2:20 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-04 22:19 ` Ryan Yeske
2005-12-05 16:37 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-21 21:39 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-21 22:15 ` Jay Belanger
2005-11-15 17:16 ` Jay Belanger
2005-11-15 23:22 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-16 8:30 ` Sascha Wilde
2005-11-20 1:17 ` Juri Linkov
2005-11-20 9:54 ` Sascha Wilde
2005-11-20 21:42 ` Juri Linkov
2005-11-20 10:22 ` Andreas Schwab
2005-11-17 7:55 ` Juri Linkov
2005-11-17 9:19 ` Miles Bader
2005-11-17 9:51 ` Sascha Wilde
2005-11-17 10:01 ` Miles Bader
2005-11-17 14:30 ` Andreas Schwab
2005-11-20 1:18 ` Juri Linkov
2005-11-20 4:16 ` Kevin Greiner
2005-11-21 7:32 ` Juri Linkov
2005-11-18 16:57 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-18 18:24 ` Reiner Steib
[not found] <20051121194141.7FA5B1207F1@localhost.localdomain>
2005-11-22 10:57 ` Juri Linkov
2005-11-22 14:15 ` Chong Yidong
2005-11-22 17:30 ` Henrik Enberg
2005-11-22 17:54 ` Jay Belanger
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