From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Whaite Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: SPC in custom-mode Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 16:34:42 -0400 Message-ID: <200507072034.j67KYgLC009481@brains.moreideas.ca> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1120769158 10615 80.91.229.2 (7 Jul 2005 20:45:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 20:45:58 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 07 22:45:54 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DqdFp-0001GB-V2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2005 22:45:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DqdBv-0005de-DL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2005 16:41:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DqdBQ-0005VK-AW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2005 16:41:21 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DqdBH-0005Sl-8q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2005 16:41:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DqdBH-0005Rj-0w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2005 16:41:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [209.5.194.98] (helo=orval.sprint.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DqdBd-0005VX-Rf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2005 16:41:34 -0400 Original-Received: from brains.moreideas.ca ([149.99.129.143]) by orval.sprint.ca (InterMail vM.5.01.02.00 201-253-122-103-101-20001108) with ESMTP id <20050707203444.PSAV21628.orval.sprint.ca@brains.moreideas.ca> for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2005 16:34:44 -0400 Original-Received: from brains.moreideas.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by brains.moreideas.ca (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id j67KYgHB009485 for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2005 16:34:42 -0400 Original-Received: from brains.moreideas.ca (peta@localhost) by brains.moreideas.ca (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) with ESMTP id j67KYgLC009481 for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2005 16:34:42 -0400 Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Message from Per Abrahamsen of "Thu, 07 Jul 2005 19:05:24 +0200." X-Mailer: MH-E 7.84+cvs; nmh 1.0.4; GNU Emacs 22.0.50.104 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:40589 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:40589 > Lennart Borgman writes: > > > SPC in custom buffers currently always scrolls the buffer. I do not > > think this is the expected behaviour by most users. And BSPC scrolls it backwards just like 'less', which is what I expect, and what I like. > > A common use of SPC (web browsers, w32 programs) is to "push the button" > > when keyboard focus is on the button. I think that would be better - at > > least when focus is on a button. Thats in dialogs (not browser windows e.g.), and there I always use ENTER for pushing buttons. I do that in custom buffers too. Per Abrahamsen wrote: > I believe the choice of bindings was made to mimic info mode. If the > binding is changed in customize, info mode should also be changed. Perhaps info mode was made to mimic less :-). Must we always go the windows gui route? Being able to use the left mouse to push buttons is a good change, but I prefer to retain the unixy less-like behaviour for scrolling around in read only buffers. -- Peter Whaite