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: key to yank text at point into minibuffer? Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 11:00:27 +0900 Message-ID: References: <200603031830.k23IUF927484@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1141437826 25890 80.91.229.2 (4 Mar 2006 02:03:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 02:03:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ttn@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 04 03:03:44 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FFM7R-0000El-Ri for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 04 Mar 2006 03:03:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FFM7T-00009Y-Kk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:03:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FFM5u-0007mv-8K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:02:06 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FFM4N-0007B4-QG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:00:34 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FFM4N-0007Ab-9V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:00:31 -0500 Original-Received: from [64.233.182.201] (helo=nproxy.gmail.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FFM6A-0000NA-5p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:02:22 -0500 Original-Received: by nproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id q29so596330nfc for ; Fri, 03 Mar 2006 18:00:27 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=okfbPXhZhZlQTrJbl7l5r6UILsCZLUdqsAZ1II5mmCIfE7E+r32a1JDOsiPdd+fDkWWFV+sIyjZRVHcL0rPlXvCb0q3+Tb92neCUq8ynMCaQg+jKL5ZOD9cWvJ7MvD5ffJYkpVi37SIhlhG895LIK/89DjPmwK9ZOLrxZRBcJR8= Original-Received: by 10.49.41.4 with SMTP id t4mr1388967nfj; Fri, 03 Mar 2006 18:00:27 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.48.237.7 with HTTP; Fri, 3 Mar 2006 18:00:27 -0800 (PST) Original-To: "Luc Teirlinck" In-Reply-To: <200603031830.k23IUF927484@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Content-Disposition: inline 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:51118 Archived-At: On 3/4/06, Luc Teirlinck wrote: > Just to make sure that you understand correctly: the binding in > question, C-S-BS, has no other meaning that would have to be turned > off, in any OS I am aware of. C-M-BS and C-M-DEL do. My point was that it's too easy to mistype it because control-shift bindings are quite rare, and one's fingers naturally err towards using the more common alt/meta modifier key instead -- and the consequences of doing so are disasterous. -Miles -- Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.