From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Patch: enhanced mark navigation commands Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:19:18 +0900 Message-ID: References: <55f7df060803042112w380b5170qe964002c6c06ab01@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204697986 4304 80.91.229.12 (5 Mar 2008 06:19:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 06:19:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs- devel To: "Adrian Robert" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 05 07:20:13 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JWmz5-000202-68 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:20:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JWmyX-0007yy-Pb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:19:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JWmyS-0007wS-KZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:19:32 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JWmyQ-0007rJ-5i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:19:31 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JWmyQ-0007qw-0J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:19:30 -0500 Original-Received: from tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.206]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JWmyL-0003xv-On; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:19:26 -0500 Original-Received: from relay21.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.50]) by tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m256JJAi010761; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:19:19 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay21.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.24] [10.29.19.24]) by relay21.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:19:19 +0900 Original-Received: from dhapc248.dev.necel.com ([10.114.112.215] [10.114.112.215]) by relay21.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:19:19 +0900 Original-Received: by dhapc248.dev.necel.com (Postfix, from userid 31295) id C120458; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:19:18 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <55f7df060803042112w380b5170qe964002c6c06ab01@mail.gmail.com> (Adrian Robert's message of "Wed, 5 Mar 2008 08:12:35 +0300") Original-Lines: 22 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:91358 Archived-At: "Adrian Robert" writes: > Specifically, the keys M-p and M-n are bound to move forwards and > backwards through the mark history. Also, immediately after popping a > global mark, e.g., with C-x C-SPC, then the global mark ring is used. GIven that M-n and M-p are widely used bindings, I don't think you'll win many fans by adding global bindings for them, unless the new bindings clearly don't conflict or interact in strange ways with other uses. For instance, comint uses M-n and M-p; is the new functionality not useful in comint buffers? Also, given the possibility for moving between buffers (with global marks), it would be very disconcerting if, a user was repeatedly hitting, say M-n, and suddenly things "stopped working" as soon as he popped into a comint (etc) buffer. Gnus is another heavy user of M-n/M-p. -Miles -- White, adj. and n. Black.