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: Suggestion to change the behavior of M-r Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:57:46 -0500 Message-ID: References: <7b501d5c0904190940x24e9412fvb26dc531b096a62d@mail.gmail.com> <7b501d5c0908121151h59753720iaf34c60f06a074af@mail.gmail.com> <87y6poivkn.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <7b501d5c0908121620q720b33b4mb690d69c1365f36c@mail.gmail.com> <87my63v0dq.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <7b501d5c0910040951i9855c08iadd859644d6db118@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1258948685 21409 80.91.229.12 (23 Nov 2009 03:58:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:58:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juri Linkov , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Deniz Dogan Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 23 04:57:58 2009 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 1NCQ3q-0005VH-6Y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:57:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40643 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NCQ3p-00061D-TT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:57:57 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NCQ3k-00060r-LH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:57:52 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NCQ3g-0005zM-6w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:57:52 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42817 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NCQ3g-0005zJ-0N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:57:48 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:49766 helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NCQ3f-0002fB-L4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:57:47 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApsEABeXCUvO+IIa/2dsb2JhbACBTdF3hDwEigI X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.47,268,1257138000"; d="scan'208";a="49826010" Original-Received: from 206-248-130-26.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([206.248.130.26]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 22 Nov 2009 22:57:46 -0500 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 90E30B40C9; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:57:46 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <7b501d5c0910040951i9855c08iadd859644d6db118@mail.gmail.com> (Deniz Dogan's message of "Sun, 4 Oct 2009 18:51:42 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: 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:117553 Archived-At: >>>>> I'm guessing that no one is interested after all, but for convenience >>>>> I tried compiling a couple of patches for this change: one which adds >>>>> this functionality to lisp/window.el (and also binds it to M-r) and >>>>> one which updates etc/NEWS if it needs to be documented there. >>>>=20 >>>> I think M-r is a bad key for window-related functionality. =A0It is >>>> usually associated with search. =A0For example, we have a plan to use = M-r >>>> in comint mode to start Isearch (see bug#3746). >>>=20 >>> M-r is already bound to move-to-window-line by default, my patch >>> merely overrides it with a binding to move-to-window-line-top-bottom. >>=20 >> Yes, this is a separate question. =A0As for move-to-window-line-top-bott= om, >> I agree it should follow recenter-top-bottom. >>=20 >> -- >> Juri Linkov >> http://www.jurta.org/emacs/ >>=20 > Can we conclude that this change is a reasonable one which should be > put into Emacs? The original message was posted about half a year ago > and since then no one has objected to this change. Yes, it's a good change, thank you and sorry for not replying earlier. Could someone install that patch? It seems to just barely fit within the "tiny patch", tho, so any further contribution from you wil require some paperwork. Stefan