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From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Keybinding nit
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:29:33 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87iri9b8de.fsf@catnip.gol.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ehm34p$51a$1@sea.gmane.org> (Kevin Rodgers's message of "Tue\, 24 Oct 2006 16\:11\:55 -0600")

Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:
>> Indeed, even MOD + NO-MOD sequences can be a problem, as it's quite easy
>> to mis-time releasing the modifier key when typing quickly (I very often
>> mistype "C-x b" as "C-x C-b"); MOD + DIFFERENT-MOD would be even worse.
>
> That all makes perfect sense, but in actual practice I find that there
> are commands I use frequently use that aren't bound to keys, and that
> the most mnemonic, available keys are C-<foo> Shift-<bar> sequences.

Well of course your MMV.  Still I think it's sufficient reason to be
cautious about using such key sequences in _default_ bindings.

> I learned to touch type in 9th or 10th grade, but I guess I don't type
> as quickly as you!

Or I'm just much more clumsy ... :-)

-Miles

-- 
`Life is a boundless sea of bitterness'

  reply	other threads:[~2006-10-24 23:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-10-18 15:37 Keybinding nit David Kastrup
2006-10-18 18:29 ` Peter Lee
2006-10-18 23:22   ` Miles Bader
2006-10-19 16:53     ` Kevin Rodgers
2006-10-23  1:43       ` Miles Bader
2006-10-24 22:11         ` Kevin Rodgers
2006-10-24 23:29           ` Miles Bader [this message]
2006-10-25 21:38             ` Kevin Rodgers
2006-10-19 12:56 ` Richard Stallman
2006-10-19 13:07   ` David Kastrup
2006-10-19 20:06     ` Nick Roberts
2006-10-19 20:46       ` David Kastrup
2006-10-19 21:19         ` Nick Roberts
2006-10-19 21:37           ` David Kastrup
2006-10-20 16:09         ` Stuart D. Herring
2006-10-20  5:40     ` Jan D.
2006-10-20  7:43       ` David Kastrup
2006-10-20 19:13         ` Drew Adams

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