From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "paul r" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Usability suggestion : completion for M-: Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:32:59 +0100 Message-ID: References: <002d01c8854f$8a212e00$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1205444004 3714 80.91.229.12 (13 Mar 2008 21:33:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:33:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs- devel To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 13 22:33:52 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 1JZv3Y-0006Ac-V1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:33:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JZv2z-0005ke-MP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:33:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JZv2w-0005kR-0B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:33:06 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JZv2u-0005kE-PA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:33:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JZv2u-0005kA-ID for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:33:04 -0400 Original-Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.155]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JZv2u-0002ab-9G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:33:04 -0400 Original-Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id d23so4443765fga.30 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:32:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=3B2ffPmKmz1uV1VLJkTHfx75wx/3ZGT9mOoXrYhqpfA=; b=JoVOdeV1C8fNxg+nQb3CdSyVXfyFCBL2bPuMve1st0Q4iNTUsZ80xnpo7GdSlsOS7fW//w4w7H2JE8d4v1MrR0M7mq/eypECBV135gIOrUk2AJbI0+BEj6NNnHRispGkE6V0yyVlABAmLxnPyOko1JcFswogmbrv7SG05c8jRCY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=HWOsQ3hVXM/E+9y/hZCyHAGafupdsmoWf7hdXY3Fi+pIc8/I5ZMmLuSGUsIEPj3E43ynYJpMgRzbJRNvLWPkkofY473TPw2bdlYpRo3c6UY4FMxNfl3G8Yqt15f6iZtgWiomDfZBN4gpzUf/taHuy8jLz9Ko8hL1ASh+tTteLew= Original-Received: by 10.82.158.12 with SMTP id g12mr24290011bue.0.1205443979504; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:32:59 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.82.176.6 with HTTP; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:32:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <002d01c8854f$8a212e00$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> Content-Disposition: inline X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:92433 Archived-At: > FWIW, I prefer that it reflect the Emacs-Lisp bindings. > > If M-TAB (or ESC TAB) is good enough for emacs-lisp-mode, it's good enough > for `M-:' too. > fair enought, I think M-Tab can be kept as an alternative keystroke. But the point that nowaday, most of windows manager intercept M-Tab for switching windows should maybe push us to provide alternative to M-TAB where possible and intuitive.