From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Wordingham Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: if vs. when vs. and: style question Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 23:52:31 +0000 Message-ID: <20150325235231.7fe4a495@JRWUBU2> References: <87sicvwckx.fsf@wmi.amu.edu.pl> <87wq27yvqg.fsf@debian.uxu> <8d531e99-7260-4263-ac99-09c6871e2708@googlegroups.com> <87vbhq53lf.fsf@debian.uxu> <87a8z23p23.fsf@kuiper.lan.informatimago.com> <87lhilx0cf.fsf@debian.uxu> <87twx9360u.fsf@kuiper.lan.informatimago.com> <0d1d19ab-06e9-462d-8867-9a49b1e232d3@googlegroups.com> <87lhil2io1.fsf@kuiper.lan.informatimago.com> <87d23w3mzu.fsf@kuiper.lan.informatimago.com> <20150325222113.6ef43ce0@JRWUBU2> <6d6fd886-399a-4283-ae80-5be238a952c5@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1427327578 6530 80.91.229.3 (25 Mar 2015 23:52:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 23:52:58 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 26 00:52:50 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Yav6Q-000057-Cl for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 00:52:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41917 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yav6P-0006Mh-NF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 19:52:49 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59534) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yav6F-0006Mb-5c for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 19:52:40 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yav6B-0002L8-2W for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 19:52:39 -0400 Original-Received: from know-smtprelay-omc-9.server.virginmedia.net ([80.0.253.73]:41218) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yav6A-0002Kh-Pa for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 19:52:34 -0400 Original-Received: from JRWUBU2 ([81.103.224.4]) by know-smtprelay-9-imp with bizsmtp id 7zsZ1q01c06JmVd01zsZJf; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 23:52:33 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [81.103.224.4] X-Spam: 0 X-Authority: v=2.1 cv=dJgomYpb c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=pLuj3OkTrmEUIJBpyvkqVg==:117 a=pLuj3OkTrmEUIJBpyvkqVg==:17 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=NLZqzBF-AAAA:8 a=yPCof4ZbAAAA:8 a=2DVfgaWD1EGAWrRpTlMA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 In-Reply-To: <6d6fd886-399a-4283-ae80-5be238a952c5@default> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.0.253.73 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:103347 Archived-At: On Wed, 25 Mar 2015 16:21:27 -0700 (PDT) Drew Adams wrote: > > -x ucs-igreesmlep wo > > works quite well if you don't use it very often. > > OK. And C-x 8 RET works the same as ESC x ucs-i TAB RET. But I > guess your point is that the former is not an easy key sequence to > type. No. My point is that the long sequence is easier to remember. Moreover, having typed a long sequence once in an editing session, one can then retrieve it by command and selection recall (up and own arrows). Richard.