From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: FW: commands to select things of different kinds Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:42:06 -0400 Message-ID: References: <004a01c8a1a0$7215cdd0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1208581151 17555 80.91.229.12 (19 Apr 2008 04:59:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:59:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs-Devel To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 19 06:59:48 2008 connect(): Connection refused 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 1Jn3yZ-0005Vs-74 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:42:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jn3xu-0002QZ-7S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:42:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jn3xp-0002Pg-VN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:42:10 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jn3xo-0002Nt-D9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:42:09 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jn3xo-0002Nk-7Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:42:08 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182] helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jn3xn-0005Jr-Tz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:42:08 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AtYEAG4GCUhMCqsI/2dsb2JhbACBYKoI X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,681,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="18763907" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca (HELO smtp.teksavvy.com) ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 18 Apr 2008 23:42:06 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([76.10.171.8]) by smtp.teksavvy.com (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id ZHJ87206; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:42:06 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 94C2E8A3E; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:42:06 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <004a01c8a1a0$7215cdd0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:06:25 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:95429 Archived-At: >> Not really; haven't thought much about it. As I said, >> I've been using >> `C-M-SPC' for `mark-thing' (stealing from `mark-sexp') >> and `M-@' for >> `cycle-thing-region' (stealing from `mark-word'). >> >> Those might be a good replacement, because I would expect people don't >> use those two bindings very much. But we have to ask people first. I use C-M-SPC *very* often, typically just before C-y (together with a variant of delete-selection-mode). That doesn't mean it can't be changed, but its current functionality should still be at least somewhat preserved. Stefan