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: Binding F11 and F12 to buffer-switching and file-saving by default Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:19:04 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87veio3npx.fsf@localhost.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <8764ao3hxn.fsf@localhost.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1170209968 13636 80.91.229.12 (31 Jan 2007 02:19:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:19:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Jason Spiro , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Juanma Barranquero" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 31 03:19:18 2007 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 1HC549-0002wM-7C for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:19:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HC548-0006N8-HB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:19:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HC53z-0006Lb-UZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:19:07 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HC53y-0006H0-Gd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:19:07 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HC53y-0006Gm-EG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:19:06 -0500 Original-Received: from bc.sympatico.ca ([209.226.175.184] helo=tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HC53y-0001bl-3S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:19:06 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([74.13.168.230]) by tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20070131021904.JCWN8030.tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net@pastel.home> for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:19:04 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 6F1CB80D8; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:19:04 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Wed\, 31 Jan 2007 02\:51\:13 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: 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:65664 Archived-At: >> Yes, but as Stefan mentions in his reply to this message, we should at >> least bind F11 and F12 to *something*. > I don't agree. Free, simple keys are a relatively scarce resource. > I'd rather keep them for users. My proposition was not to assign them to some specific meaning, but to give them a default binding, which the user should be free to override. I.e. they'd stay free for users to use, but just happen to have a default non-nil binding. Stefan