From: Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Binding Alt-n, Alt-p, ESC-n, ESC-p
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 14:30:51 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171030223051.GC3470@mail.akwebsoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87efpk62rw.fsf@gmail.com>
* Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> [171030 08:08]:
> Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> writes:
>
> > * Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> [171030 01:29]:
> >> Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> writes:
> >>
> >> > Using GNU Emacs 25.1.1 on Ubuntu 14.04
> >> >
> >> > I have no pressing need to know, but am just curious:
> >> >
> >> > Alt-n, Alt-p, ESC-n, ESC-p are undefined on my emacs.
> >> >
> >>
> >> In which mode? I don't think there's a global binding for those
> >> keys. Put another way: what did you expect them to be bound to?
> >
> > I had no expectations as to what they might be bound to. I
> > surmised that it might be some historical issue.
> >
>
> Propably. Not many keyboards these days are configured to generate
> both Alt and Meta, so most bindings are on Meta.
>
> > Since these key combinations are so handy, one might be tempted to
> > use them globally. That might mean that a subsequent utilization
> > of a mode using them would get clobbered.
> >
>
> Yes, that's always a risk with personal bindings, which is why you
> have the C-c letter space.
>
> > Would not binding these key combinations to a mode violate the
> > conventions as laid out here:
> > https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Key-Binding-Conventions.html
> > ?
> >
>
> I don't think so. That just talks about not ending a key-binding with
> ESC.
And I interpreted the documentation to read that major and minor
keybinding recommendations are *limited* to those C-c spaces that
are mentioned there. My mistake.
thanks
--
Tim
http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-29 0:13 Binding Alt-n, Alt-p, ESC-n, ESC-p Tim Johnson
2017-10-30 9:22 ` Robert Pluim
2017-10-30 15:26 ` Tim Johnson
2017-10-30 16:04 ` Robert Pluim
2017-10-30 22:30 ` Tim Johnson [this message]
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