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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: Clemens <clemera@posteo.net>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: A different way to interactively pass options to commands
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:05:18 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvwnv69wwm.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874kia1m5u.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Wed, 17 Feb 2021 21:20:29 +0100")

>> FWIW, there are other prefix commands than C-u.
>> There's `C-x RET c`.
> I just recalled that I added something I called "Symbolic Prefixes" to
> Gnus in the 90s...  It's bound to `M-i' in Gnus buffers, and you can use
> any char as the prefix.  So `M-i r s' will sort in reverse order (in the
> group buffer).  Or something like that.

Nice.  It'd be great to make it use the `prefix-command-*` thingies so
they appear in the echo-keystrokes and can be combined with other
prefixes like C-u.


        Stefan


PS: I'm not completely satisfied with those `prefix-command-*` thingies,
BTW, so if someone wants to improve them, that'd also be welcome.




  reply	other threads:[~2021-02-17 22:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-17 19:50 A different way to interactively pass options to commands Clemens
2021-02-17 20:07 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-17 20:20   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-17 22:05     ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2021-02-19  5:41   ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-19 14:30     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-17 20:09 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-17 20:32   ` Clemens
2021-02-17 20:42     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-17 20:58       ` Clemens
2021-02-17 21:24       ` Clemens
2021-02-17 22:15         ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-17 21:48   ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-02-17 22:23     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-17 22:47       ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-02-17 23:52         ` Clemens
2021-02-17 22:24     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-17 23:18       ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-02-18 10:09         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-18  1:16       ` Doug Davis
2021-02-18 10:03         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-18 10:39           ` Kévin Le Gouguec
2021-02-18 10:52             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-18 12:13               ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-18 17:45                 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-18 17:55                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-18 18:32                     ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-19 11:59                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-18 16:11               ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-02-18 15:40             ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-18 16:28               ` Development snapshots on GNU ELPA (was: A different way to interactively pass options to commands) Kévin Le Gouguec
2021-02-19 12:01               ` A different way to interactively pass options to commands Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-19 14:32                 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-21 14:55                   ` GNU-devel and NonGNU-devel (was: A different way to interactively pass options to commands) Basil L. Contovounesios
2021-02-21 20:25                     ` GNU-devel and NonGNU-devel Stefan Monnier
2021-02-25  2:19                       ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2021-02-19 15:44               ` A different way to interactively pass options to commands Jonas Bernoulli
2021-02-19 18:23                 ` Clemens
2021-02-22  0:18                   ` Jonas Bernoulli
2021-02-22  2:39                     ` T.V Raman
2021-02-22  9:17                     ` Questions about transient (was: Re: A different way to interactively pass options to commands) Joost Kremers
2021-02-22 15:08                       ` Jonas Bernoulli
2021-02-22 21:06                         ` Joost Kremers
2021-02-22 16:25                       ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-23 12:15                     ` A different way to interactively pass options to commands Stephen Leake
2021-02-23 19:06                       ` Jonas Bernoulli
2021-02-19  5:42     ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-19  6:32       ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-21 10:28   ` Phil Sainty

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