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: Fundamental mode vs. special mode Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:46:14 -0400 Message-ID: References: <86sjmkvl80.fsf@googlemail.com> <86ehy3hi0o.fsf@googlemail.com> <87obx7jbrq.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1319460392 14790 80.91.229.12 (24 Oct 2011 12:46:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:46:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Christoph Scholtes , Chong Yidong , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 24 14:46:28 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RIJv9-0004V0-OJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:46:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:32918 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RIJv8-0000Ch-Dj for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:46:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:60688) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RIJv2-0000Bd-5i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:46:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RIJuy-0003kD-OP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:46:20 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:4178 helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RIJuy-0003k5-Kg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:46:16 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ak0JAHBdpU5MCqLO/2dsb2JhbABDqAKBD4EGgW4BAQQBViMFCws0EhQYDSSIE7MoiEAEoTuERQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.69,398,1315195200"; d="scan'208";a="144108240" Original-Received: from 76-10-162-206.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([76.10.162.206]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 24 Oct 2011 08:46:15 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id D52AC58B4A; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:46:14 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87obx7jbrq.fsf@mail.jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:11:33 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.90 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.154.181 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:145468 Archived-At: > This problem exists only for self-inserting keys like `q'. > Another annoying key that prevents editing in some > non-read-only modes is `g' (`revert-buffer'). Both q and g should only be used in buffers where normal editing doesn't take place. If you find situations where this is not the case, please report them. Stefan