From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marcin Borkowski Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to bind isearch-repeat-forward to F3 in a certain mode only? Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 03:02:06 +0200 Message-ID: <87vbd5t7qp.fsf@mbork.pl> References: <87zj2mr0t3.fsf@mbork.pl> <87pp3hyaxb.fsf@web.de> <87zj2htid3.fsf@mbork.pl> <874mkp4131.fsf@nl106-137-147.student.uu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1438045361 32524 80.91.229.3 (28 Jul 2015 01:02:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 01:02:41 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 28 03:02:34 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 1ZJtHs-0005QJ-Je for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Jul 2015 03:02:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56584 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZJtHs-00016v-0L for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 21:02:32 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54960) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZJtHj-00016m-3b for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 21:02:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZJtHf-0002VG-Te for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 21:02:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([2a01:5e00:2:52::8]:41966) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZJtHf-0002UW-MG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 21:02:19 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTP id D681F8F2003 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2015 03:02:18 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.mojserwer.eu Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.mojserwer.eu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id WRRDTclcjaXU for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2015 03:02:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (unknown [109.232.24.146]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 225928F2002 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2015 03:02:16 +0200 (CEST) In-reply-to: <874mkp4131.fsf@nl106-137-147.student.uu.se> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a01:5e00:2:52::8 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:106048 Archived-At: On 2015-07-28, at 01:45, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Don't use the F* keys: > > 1. They are lousy keys that are too far away > (reaching + resetting hand necessary) - they > don't even have their own designations. > People seldom use them and never remember what > they do. They are like the Siberia of the > keyboard; only real Siberia is much more > interesting (tho equally remote, wide, and > foggily unclear). Love this quote. Even though it's not true. Many people are quite accustomed to hitting F3 for "find the next occurrence". (Also, many people are quite accustomed to hitting F5 to copy, F6 to move files, F7 to create directories and F8 to delete files...) > 2. They don't work everywhere. True. OTOH, what I want to bind to F3 is fully accessible on plain old C-s. > Conclusion: keep out! I see no reason! Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Adam Mickiewicz University