From: Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@member.fsf.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>,
Jason Spiro <jasonspiro4@gmail.com>,
emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Binding F11 and F12 to buffer-switching and file-saving by default
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:29:03 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ups8uoycw.fsf@member.fsf.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvtzy8x7l4.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:19:04 -0500")
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>>> Yes, but as Stefan mentions in his reply to this message, we should at
>>> least bind F11 and F12 to *something*.
>
>> I don't agree. Free, simple keys are a relatively scarce resource.
>> I'd rather keep them for users.
>
> My proposition was not to assign them to some specific meaning, but to give
> them a default binding, which the user should be free to override.
> I.e. they'd stay free for users to use, but just happen to have a default
> non-nil binding.
But then some people will _expect_ the default binding to be there,
and be surprised when it isn't.
I think the function keys should not be bound by default; let each
user (or group) bind them.
--
-- Stephe
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-02-01 12:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-01-30 8:47 Binding F11 and F12 to buffer-switching and file-saving by default Jason Spiro
2007-01-30 8:59 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-30 10:52 ` Jason Spiro
2007-01-30 11:43 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-30 20:43 ` Jason Spiro
2007-01-31 1:51 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-31 1:55 ` Jason Spiro
2007-01-31 2:15 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-31 7:52 ` Andreas Roehler
2007-01-31 7:47 ` David Kastrup
2007-01-31 18:58 ` Jiri Pejchal
2007-02-01 12:35 ` Stephen Leake
2007-02-01 19:49 ` Ted Zlatanov
2007-01-31 2:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-02-01 12:29 ` Stephen Leake [this message]
2007-01-31 16:51 ` Binding F11 and F12 to buffer-switching and file-saving bydefault Drew Adams
2007-02-01 0:08 ` Richard Stallman
2007-02-01 20:04 ` Ted Zlatanov
2007-01-30 20:27 ` Binding F11 and F12 to buffer-switching and file-saving by default Eli Zaretskii
2007-01-30 20:45 ` Jason Spiro
2007-01-30 20:25 ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-30 15:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-31 15:21 ` Stephen Leake
2007-02-01 3:47 ` Daniel Brockman
2007-02-01 1:09 ` JD Smith
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