From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@xemacs.org>
To: rms@gnu.org
Cc: dominik@science.uva.nl,
"Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>,
emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: org-mode, please change the name of function org-metaleft etc
Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 05:48:06 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87odebkqd5.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1InNSG-00055B-NF@fencepost.gnu.org>
Richard Stallman writes:
> Personally I see no reason to have backward-word on M-left too, but I
> guess it is there for historical reason. However it takes up a valuable
> binding.
>
> It is there because of the Emacs convention that word commands use M-.
> * Then it was my proposal to change the name of functions like
> org-metaleft. The description of org-metaleft is
>
> (org-metaleft &optional arg)
>
> Promote heading or move table column to left.
> Calls `org-do-promote' or `org-table-move-column', depending on
> context.
>
> Maybe it is valid to consider that a variant of backward-word.
I disagree. Motion commands move the cursor, whatever "cursor" means
in the context. They don't change the appearance of the document.
Consider: how many people do you think will type C-h a back RET to
find commands that promote headers or move columns? I think it will
be much easier to document this as an exception to the rule that if a
key invokes a character command, meta-izing the key invokes an
analogous word command.
(Speaking as an Emacs user, not as an XEmacs developer; I have no idea
what my colleagues will think.)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-03 20:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-10-30 21:16 org-mode, please change the name of function org-metaleft etc Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-10-31 7:47 ` Richard Stallman
2007-10-31 14:57 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-10-31 15:37 ` Andreas Schwab
2007-10-31 16:32 ` Jason Rumney
2007-10-31 18:34 ` Bastien
2007-10-31 17:43 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-10-31 16:47 ` Bastien
2007-10-31 23:58 ` Richard Stallman
2007-11-01 1:08 ` Jason Rumney
2007-11-03 20:48 ` Stephen J. Turnbull [this message]
2007-10-31 16:25 ` Bastien
2007-11-04 7:29 ` Carsten Dominik
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