From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: A different way to interactively pass options to commands Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:05:18 -0500 Message-ID: References: <874kia1m5u.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="14756"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Clemens , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 17 23:06:57 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lCUyG-0003df-8I for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 23:06:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48834 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lCUyF-0005Q6-AG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:06:55 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57708) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lCUwn-0004pQ-2v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:05:25 -0500 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:52205) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lCUwk-00029q-G5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:05:23 -0500 Original-Received: from pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 625F88033D; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:05:21 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id CA25980284; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:05:19 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1613599519; bh=lOHkj5VoDICJ08ugmGMPgnY+/w0eWGlFB2NzllAEblM=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=iNc1n8gll8uYtw6elHq50/Qj59mj7oHfLOq5wnFyCg5u0IhpfDPYOFJBZYyvwWEVQ vDy9PY0RzWA95eg0arAf/MzKdrcsa2XkbbWO0cK3+tuhWPx5g764w6DE3kOJonYYz2 JQiTSlgf+PQW7OsUtq4j0Dd5An3g7GUzYEnK4BgZhZ7WKO4EBiB/P0XQF6ZPDbP606 1WJkJevEGrGTWGGHeSxT7vNlSrfCbO6fgt5AX32PTnEI79RC2SpgAKcbP3TUQgAG1N /hdbrm1XUMt1A4+6tOFYF1cEbh++PiIfv9zc58OIhsXTN6c7OlTCkdOgRBzXezX+fa Jmeo/9OAO4IMA== Original-Received: from alfajor (unknown [216.154.41.47]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 599021202E7; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:05:19 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <874kia1m5u.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Wed, 17 Feb 2021 21:20:29 +0100") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:265093 Archived-At: >> 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.