From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: finger-pointer curser as default for mouse-face text Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 10:31:25 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20041103013452.GA5001@fencepost> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1099475707 30261 80.91.229.6 (3 Nov 2004 09:55:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 09:55:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, Stefan , Karl Eichwalder , Martin Blais , Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 03 10:54:56 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CPHqy-0005K2-00 for ; Wed, 03 Nov 2004 10:54:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CPHz4-0003yI-4Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Nov 2004 05:03:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CPHj8-0004eG-W4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Nov 2004 04:46:51 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CPHj2-0004d7-E7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Nov 2004 04:46:44 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CPHj0-0004ck-RK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Nov 2004 04:46:43 -0500 Original-Received: from [212.88.64.25] (helo=mail-relay.sonofon.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CPHaW-0005Vd-05 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Nov 2004 04:37:56 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 27851 invoked from network); 3 Nov 2004 09:31:14 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk) (213.83.150.2) by 0 with SMTP; 3 Nov 2004 09:31:14 -0000 Original-To: Miles Bader In-Reply-To: <20041103013452.GA5001@fencepost> (Miles Bader's message of "Tue, 2 Nov 2004 20:34:52 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) 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: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:29365 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:29365 Miles Bader writes: > On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 06:53:21PM -0500, Stefan wrote: >> BTW, C-+ is OK because it's currently unused, but C-- is already bound and >> I've been known to use it, so otherpeople might use it as well. > > The current Emacs binding for `C--' (negatie-argument) seems pretty > redundant, as there are many other ways of getting the same thing (`M--', > `C-u -', both of which I suspect are more commonly used). Since a "reduce > font size" binding of `C--' is rather common in other GUI programs > (gtk/gnome, mozilla), I'd say it easily trumps the current Emacs binding. And current C-- users will quickly learn to keep away their fingers :-). -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk