From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>
Cc: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: POLL: make C-x o transient
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2021 21:25:36 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sg69dmjb.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5588fb2580cf77301ab1@heytings.org> (Gregory Heytings's message of "Fri, 05 Feb 2021 09:34:25 +0000")
>>> C-x o C-x z z z C-- C-x z : nine keys pressed, control key pressed and
>>> released three times
>>>
>>> C-x o C-= C-= C-= C-- C-= : seven keys pressed, control key pressed
>>> twice and released pressed only once
>>
>> This needs to be compared also with the last letter typed:
>>
>> C-x o o o o O : six keys pressed, control key pressed once and released
>> pressed once
>
> ... and shift key pressed and released once.
True (unless an unshifted key is bound for going to the previous window).
> ... and possibly pressing C-g to exit the transient keymap.
True (no way to avoid this design flaw).
> That solution has a number of limits:
>
> 1. it is not general, you have to define specific keys for each case
>
> 2. the keys that are bound are not self-inserting anymore, you may have to
> exit the transient keymap manually with C-g
>
> 3. there are even cases where this is not possible to use it, for example,
> how would you repeat C-x C-t?
Either by repeating the last char 'C-t', or using a custom transient keymap
with more keys.
> 4. you cannot freely change the argument between two repetitions
Why not? C-x o O should be equivalent to C-x o C-- o.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-06 19:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 74+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-24 6:12 POLL: make C-x o transient Zhiwei Chen
2021-01-24 11:32 ` Kévin Le Gouguec
2021-01-24 14:40 ` andrés ramírez
2021-01-25 5:52 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-25 12:21 ` Zhiwei Chen
2021-01-26 6:02 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-25 14:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-01-25 15:30 ` aitor
2021-01-25 16:38 ` Philip K.
2021-01-25 17:23 ` Colin Baxter
2021-01-26 5:59 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-26 10:44 ` Olivier Certner
2021-01-26 23:38 ` Sean Whitton
2021-01-27 6:51 ` Colin Baxter
2021-01-25 15:47 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-01-25 17:01 ` Juri Linkov
2021-01-25 17:21 ` Omar Polo
2021-01-27 17:55 ` Juri Linkov
2021-01-28 7:46 ` Philip K.
2021-01-28 8:50 ` Juri Linkov
2021-01-28 9:40 ` martin rudalics
2021-01-28 18:43 ` Juri Linkov
2021-01-28 19:13 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-01-28 20:34 ` Kévin Le Gouguec
2021-01-28 21:27 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-01-28 21:58 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-01-28 23:19 ` Philip K.
2021-01-29 0:03 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-01-29 2:43 ` chad
2021-01-29 19:11 ` Drew Adams
2021-01-30 5:58 ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-01 19:50 ` chad
2021-02-02 21:11 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-05 5:48 ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-05 8:37 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-05 8:58 ` Juri Linkov
2021-02-05 9:34 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-06 19:25 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2021-02-06 20:27 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-06 21:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-06 23:22 ` Ergus via Emacs development discussions.
2021-02-07 18:54 ` Juri Linkov
2021-02-03 5:51 ` [External] : " Richard Stallman
2021-02-03 20:38 ` chad
2021-02-04 5:44 ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-04 19:24 ` chad
2021-01-29 7:54 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-01-29 13:45 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-01-29 16:56 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-01-29 19:12 ` Drew Adams
2021-01-30 14:13 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-01-30 20:47 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-01-31 1:06 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-01-31 17:39 ` Drew Adams
2021-01-31 23:12 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-01-31 23:53 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-01 6:11 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-30 14:13 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-01 17:09 ` Yuan Fu
2021-01-29 2:38 ` chad
2021-01-29 8:44 ` Juri Linkov
2021-01-25 17:27 ` Jose E. Marchesi
2021-01-25 21:12 ` Sean Whitton
2021-01-27 21:46 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-01-31 7:06 ` Teemu Likonen
2021-01-31 17:32 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-01-31 17:49 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-01-31 18:37 ` Drew Adams
2021-01-31 18:10 ` Howard Melman
2021-02-01 17:21 ` Juri Linkov
2021-02-02 19:44 ` Sean Whitton
2021-02-03 17:20 ` Juri Linkov
2021-02-08 7:13 ` Jefferson Carpenter
2021-02-09 6:05 ` Richard Stallman
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