From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Espen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Feeling lost without tabs Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 19:52:25 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1405900528 24444 80.91.229.3 (20 Jul 2014 23:55:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 23:55:28 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 21 01:55:21 2014 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 1X90wr-0001F0-0k for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Jul 2014 01:55:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60003 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X90wq-0003RE-Is for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 19:55:20 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 32 Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="aabc59b8ce9cdce0c2995912677c9e55"; logging-data="29269"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18Ik+eE+RasnDBoGT4E5bsk+iZhp1njl/g=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:d9SBFnb60wv9WAjyS6tQL5PgzdE= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:206573 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:98844 Archived-At: Bob Proulx writes: > Dan Espen wrote: >> The multiple keys part is easy: >> (define-key global-map [(f9)] 'electric-buffer-list) >> Why hit 2 keys for something you do so often? > > Since we are both using electric-buffer-list I know we are in the same > group on that. It is great. :-) > > But as for binding to a function key to avoid C-x C-b being two keys I > will respond that F9 isn't in the home row of keys. On the standard > IBM PC style keyboard one must move the hands from the home row and > find and hit that single key. I touch type but I would need to look > to hit that one accurately. That is a much higher finger workload > than simply typing two control keys from the normal finger typing > position that can be done by touch typing. I can find F9, (in fact all the function keys) without looking. Since they're in groups of 4 it's pretty easy. Somehow, I don't mind moving my hands around even though I touch type, but I do have this in my .emacs too: ;These replace the standard bindings with a better buffer list (global-set-key "\C-x\C-b" 'electric-buffer-list) ;^x^b better buff list (global-set-key "\C-xb" 'electric-buffer-list) ;^x b better buff list (Just in case.) -- Dan Espen