From: Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Bind `q' to `quit-window' or similar in *Messages*
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:59:17 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sk9itine.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49F60829322A48C886BC62810DDB0147@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 3 Feb 2010 07:48:31 -0800")
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>> Cause *Messages* is not read-only, and maybe you want to insert a q
>> there. But does that anybody really want? I guess no. So I'd be in
>> favor of making *Messages* read-only and bind `q' to `quit-window'
>> there.
>
> Absolutely I want that. I want to be able to write in *Messages*. Yes,
> I can toggle read-only, but if `q' quits, then that defeats the
> purpose.
>
> I sometimes find myself with tons of messages being logged, and when I
> make several successive tests I sometimes type stuff in Messages to
> distinguish test sequences etc.
Hm, you could also do M-: (message "#############"), but of course
that's not as fast.
> And I kill sections of text there, or copy text (including text I've
> added) to other buffers, and so on.
I see.
> What's wrong with `C-x 0' (or `C-x k')?
Nothing.
Bye,
Tassilo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-02-03 15:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-02-03 9:48 Bind `q' to `quit-window' or similar in *Messages* Deniz Dogan
2010-02-03 10:27 ` Tassilo Horn
2010-02-03 15:48 ` Drew Adams
2010-02-03 15:54 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-02-03 15:59 ` Tassilo Horn [this message]
2010-02-03 17:03 ` Drew Adams
2010-02-04 15:30 ` Drew Adams
2010-02-04 16:23 ` Tassilo Horn
2010-02-04 18:01 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2010-02-15 13:46 ` Deniz Dogan
2010-02-16 16:42 ` Davis Herring
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-02-04 1:28 Roland Winkler
2010-02-04 1:41 ` Drew Adams
2010-02-04 2:32 ` Miles Bader
2010-02-04 3:24 Roland Winkler
2010-02-04 4:27 ` Miles Bader
2010-02-04 8:15 ` Tassilo Horn
2010-02-04 8:24 ` Tassilo Horn
2010-02-04 15:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-02-04 23:40 ` Miles Bader
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