From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [CVS] f7, f8 bound.. Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2002 09:14:26 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200208271621.g7RGLNm30516@rum.cs.yale.edu> <5xhehfe3aj.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <874rdfaytt.fsf@pot.cnuce.cnr.it> <5xvg5sh06u.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <20020830235528.GA13207@gnu.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1030886455 7508 127.0.0.1 (1 Sep 2002 13:20:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 13:20:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: kfs@cua.dk, Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE, pot@gnu.org, monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu, deego@glue.umd.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17lUes-0001wz-00 for ; Sun, 01 Sep 2002 15:20:54 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17lVCc-0006lS-00 for ; Sun, 01 Sep 2002 15:55:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17lUgK-0005UT-00; Sun, 01 Sep 2002 09:22:24 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17lUYg-0003fB-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Sep 2002 09:14:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17lUYc-0003do-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Sep 2002 09:14:28 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17lUYc-0003dc-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Sep 2002 09:14:26 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.10) id 17lUYc-0006GN-00; Sun, 01 Sep 2002 09:14:26 -0400 Original-To: miles@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <20020830235528.GA13207@gnu.org> (message from Miles Bader on Fri, 30 Aug 2002 19:55:28 -0400) Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:7255 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:7255 A _much_ better idea, I think, would be to make it very simple for even novice users to easily _bind_ the function keys to their liking; I'm not saying it's all that hard now, but I mean, make it really, really, easy. I would really like to see someone extend Custom to handle key bindings. For instance, a mode that shows a graphical representation of the function keys and their current bindings, and allows the user to trivially change them. Perhaps by moving the cursor to a function key picture, and hitting SPC/RET which would make it prompt for a another key-binding, and then copy that to the function key; That sounds nice. while in this special mode, it might even locally rebind all the function keys so that you could just hit e.g. `F5 C-x C-f' to bind F5 to find-file. I think that is too inconsistent and brings a risk of error.