From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
To: Christoph Scholtes <cschol2112@googlemail.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Fundamental mode vs. special mode
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 03:21:27 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yyxy5wcxjew.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86sjmkvl80.fsf@googlemail.com> (Christoph Scholtes's message of "Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:13:03 -0600")
Christoph Scholtes <cschol2112@googlemail.com> writes:
> I come across a few instances where buffers are created in Fundamental
> mode, for example *Shell Mode Output*. It would be convenient if those
> were created in special mode, since then `q' (or `C-u q') would invoke
> quit-window and bury (or kill) the buffer.
>
> Or could we add a Fundamental mode map with a few basic commands, like
> `q' (quit-window)? Special-mode could inherit from it.
It's not a good idea to add anything to Fundamental mode. The point of
it is to be fundamental.
Anyway, binding "q" to `quit-window' is no good; I imagine some users
expect want to be able to edit the buffer. Same with other cases like
the *Messages* buffer.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-23 7:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-22 20:13 Fundamental mode vs. special mode Christoph Scholtes
2011-10-23 7:21 ` Chong Yidong [this message]
2011-10-23 9:19 ` martin rudalics
2011-10-23 13:28 ` Juri Linkov
2011-10-23 18:59 ` martin rudalics
2011-10-24 5:07 ` Juri Linkov
2011-10-24 16:39 ` Richard Stallman
2011-10-23 13:14 ` Johan Bockgård
2011-10-25 2:38 ` Chong Yidong
2011-10-25 3:51 ` Chong Yidong
2011-10-25 12:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-10-25 13:53 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-10-25 15:11 ` Paul Eggert
2011-10-25 20:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-10-25 20:30 ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-10-26 1:11 ` Chong Yidong
2011-10-26 12:11 ` Nix
2011-10-26 11:50 ` Richard Stallman
2011-10-27 2:25 ` Chong Yidong
2011-10-23 14:58 ` Christoph Scholtes
2011-10-24 5:11 ` Juri Linkov
2011-10-24 12:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-10-24 17:17 ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-10-25 4:30 ` Juri Linkov
2011-10-25 20:49 ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-10-26 1:18 ` Chong Yidong
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