From: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>
To: Robert Thorpe <rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: Repurpose one key (why only one?) and reserve it for third-party packages
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2021 17:50:31 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fceced960f23d58a4d23@heytings.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pn0z12rt.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com>
>>> I'm not sure I understand your point here. Any single key that's
>>> picked will have a similar limitation.
>>
>> With a single key you indeed have a limitation, but it's the limitation
>> of the keyboard, not an arbirary one. You have full access to all
>> letters, all digits, all symbols, combined or not with the control
>> and/or meta modifier. That's a lot more than 26 or 52 keys.
>
> I see what you mean but I don't think it's a huge difference. Most
> desktop keyboards have ~104 keys. And some of those can't be
> differentiated from each other by Emacs. Laptop keyboards usually have
> fewer, mine has 81.
>
Indeed, and when you combine these with the control and/or meta and/or
shift modifier you have ~400 possible keys. Which means that with two
prefix keys you have ~800 possible keys.
The main point is that third-party packages are first-class citizens and
should get all possible keys, not an arbitrary subset.
>>> For example, let's suppose that M-o is picked. That's my favourite, I
>>> know you don't like it.
>>
>> It's in the proposal, it would be a perfect choice, together with C-o.
>
> I think C-o is a terrible idea. Open-line is a very useful command.
>
The proposal explicitly mentions that open-line would remain bound to C-o
C-o. That's three key presses instead of two. And if you think that
open-line is so important in your workflow that pressing three keys
instead of two is really not possible, you can of course always bind
open-line to C-o in your init file, and move the third-party library
keymap that would be on C-o somewhere else.
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2021-02-10 23:35 ` PROPOSAL: Repurpose one key and reserve it for third-party packages Philip K.
2021-02-11 8:45 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-11 13:53 ` Philip K.
2021-02-11 15:47 ` Philip K.
2021-02-11 15:59 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-11 16:20 ` Philip K.
2021-02-11 17:48 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-11 18:34 ` Philip K.
2021-02-11 21:15 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-11 22:48 ` Philip K.
2021-02-12 0:01 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-12 10:27 ` Philip K.
2021-02-12 11:59 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-12 13:23 ` Philip K.
2021-02-12 13:54 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-12 14:09 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-12 16:04 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-12 17:25 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-12 17:54 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-12 18:16 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-12 21:48 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-13 0:37 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-13 8:33 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-13 9:09 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-13 13:06 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-13 14:28 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-13 15:01 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-13 16:08 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-13 15:02 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-13 15:21 ` Jean Louis
2021-02-13 15:28 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-13 15:39 ` Nothing is the list - " Jean Louis
2021-02-13 20:14 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-13 20:58 ` Jean Louis
2021-02-13 21:18 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-13 21:32 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-13 21:37 ` PROPOSAL: Repurpose one key (why only one?) " Jean Louis
2021-02-13 23:55 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-14 6:19 ` Jean Louis
2021-02-14 6:33 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-14 8:06 ` Jean Louis
2021-02-14 18:30 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-14 19:21 ` Jean Louis
2021-02-14 19:44 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-14 23:30 ` Drew Adams
2021-02-15 0:33 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-15 5:59 ` Jean Louis
2021-02-14 17:59 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-14 18:14 ` libraries (was: Re: PROPOSAL: Repurpose one key (why only one?) and reserve it for third-party packages) Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-14 18:23 ` PROPOSAL: Repurpose one key (why only one?) and reserve it for third-party packages Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-14 21:37 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-15 0:28 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-15 5:02 ` Robert Thorpe
2021-02-15 11:08 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-17 9:07 ` Robert Thorpe
2021-02-20 17:50 ` Gregory Heytings [this message]
2021-02-14 18:30 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-14 18:50 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-14 19:24 ` Jean Louis
2021-02-14 19:41 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-14 23:30 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-13 10:05 ` PROPOSAL: Repurpose one key " Jean Louis
2021-02-13 8:24 ` Jean Louis
2021-02-13 12:44 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-13 14:26 ` Jean Louis
2021-02-13 15:09 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-13 15:24 ` Jean Louis
2021-02-13 15:38 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-13 15:45 ` Jean Louis
2021-02-12 4:45 ` Robert Thorpe
2021-02-12 9:58 ` Philip K.
2021-02-11 16:59 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-11 16:58 ` Drew Adams
2021-02-11 16:59 ` Leo Butler
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