the recenter command in emacs

the recenter command in emacs

[Xah]

in my ergo keymap
http://xahlee.org/emacs/ergonomic_emacs_keybinding.html

i've been thinking of removing the definition for the command
“recenter”.

Does any emacs user use that command much?

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For those who has been using thin ergo map, i'm thinking perhaps add
backward-kill-word to u (the left 2nd finger position)
Move the kill-line from that position to i.

good idea?

  Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/

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Re: the recenter command in emacs

[Bastien Guerry]

Xah <xahlee@gmail.com> writes:

> i've been thinking of removing the definition for the command
> “recenter”.
>
> Does any emacs user use that command much?

I do.

-- 
Bastien

Re: the recenter command in emacs

[Manish]

  > Xah writes:
  >
  > > i've been thinking of removing the definition for the command
  > > "recenter".
  > >
  > > Does any emacs user use that command much?

I do.

-- Manish

Re: the recenter command in emacs

[Dan Espen]

Manish <mailtomanish.sharma@gmail.com> writes:

>   > Xah writes:
>   >
>   > > i've been thinking of removing the definition for the command
>   > > "recenter".
>   > >
>   > > Does any emacs user use that command much?
>
> I do.

Can't say I use it much, but I do use it.

I use the numeric pad for home/end/pageup/pagedown.
To me, it made the most sense to bind recenter to KP_5
since that is the "center" of the keypad.

Re: the recenter command in emacs

[joe_f]

Xah wrote:

> Does any emacs user use that command much?

The fact that it recenters is occasionally convenient for me.  The
fact that it refreshes the screen is essential.  After a few days of
uninterrupted operation, my Emacs gets into a state where the screen
gets badly scrambled.  The only remedy I have found is to kill &
restart Emacs, but it is often inconvenient to do that immediately.
In the meantime I can limp along with C-l.

Re: the recenter command in emacs

[Ken Goldman]

Xah wrote:
> 
> i've been thinking of removing the definition for the command 
> “recenter”.
> 
> Does any emacs user use that command much?

I use it all the time, usually as part of a keyboard macro to search for 
something, place it at the top, middle, or bottom of the screen, and 
then do some editing.