From: "Jason Spiro" <jasonspiro4@gmail.com>
To: "Juanma Barranquero" <lekktu@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Binding F11 and F12 to buffer-switching and file-saving by default
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:43:57 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c241693f0701301243t1b3cac39uc206bb77d9fc78be@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f7ccd24b0701300343je99f637v7c45ef9b11d6420a@mail.gmail.com>
2007/1/30, Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/30/07, Jason Spiro <jasonspiro4+news@gmail.com> wrote:
...
> > I define it as "the benefits to new Emacs users with no .emacs file
> > outweigh the costs." IMO, it is important that new users enjoy Emacs
> > as soon as possible. If they enjoy it, they will continue using it
> > forever.
>
> Well, I think an Emacs user, if he's to be an Emacs user for any
> significant amount of time, needs to learn to use the .emacs file
> sooner rather than later.
>
Correct.
> > That's OK. People without those keys can use C-x C-s and C-x b.
>
> Multiplying bindings for common commands adds confusion IMHO.
>
Hmm. Perhaps that is true. (To the rest of you: Do you agree?)
But M-x compile and M-x recompile have no default binding. Perhaps a
better answer, then, would be to bind them to some easy-to-press
combination of keys by default. And also to bind a fast
buffer-switching command to some key combination as well.
...
> Do you really consider `recompile' a basic command that most users
> *without* an .emacs file will need on a one-key binding?
I suspect that one of the most popular uses of Emacs is programming.
M-x recompile takes time to type. M-x <UpArrow><UpArrow><UpArrow> RET
is suboptimal because you must take your mind off your work for a
moment to watch the minibuffer until the proper history entry comes
up. IMO, a keybinding that all Emacs users could use, no matter what
machine they were using, would be better.
> > True, but it can be handy to have useful bindings preset by default.
>
> Yeah. The really difficult issue is deciding what are the useful bindings ;-)
>
Yes. I wonder if people have ever studied the issue, for example,
usability researchers.
> > So, do the benefits to newbies outweigh the costs?
>
> That's for others to decide.
Yes, but as Stefan mentions in his reply to this message, we should at
least bind F11 and F12 to *something*.
Cheers,
Jason
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-01-30 20:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-01-30 8:47 Binding F11 and F12 to buffer-switching and file-saving by default Jason Spiro
2007-01-30 8:59 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-30 10:52 ` Jason Spiro
2007-01-30 11:43 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-30 20:43 ` Jason Spiro [this message]
2007-01-31 1:51 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-31 1:55 ` Jason Spiro
2007-01-31 2:15 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-31 7:52 ` Andreas Roehler
2007-01-31 7:47 ` David Kastrup
2007-01-31 18:58 ` Jiri Pejchal
2007-02-01 12:35 ` Stephen Leake
2007-02-01 19:49 ` Ted Zlatanov
2007-01-31 2:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-02-01 12:29 ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-31 16:51 ` Binding F11 and F12 to buffer-switching and file-saving bydefault Drew Adams
2007-02-01 0:08 ` Richard Stallman
2007-02-01 20:04 ` Ted Zlatanov
2007-01-30 20:27 ` Binding F11 and F12 to buffer-switching and file-saving by default Eli Zaretskii
2007-01-30 20:45 ` Jason Spiro
2007-01-30 20:25 ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-30 15:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-31 15:21 ` Stephen Leake
2007-02-01 3:47 ` Daniel Brockman
2007-02-01 1:09 ` JD Smith
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