From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: New special-mode parent Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:25:18 -0700 Message-ID: <200806131825.m5DIPIkF005162@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1213381594 20422 80.91.229.12 (13 Jun 2008 18:26:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:26:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 13 20:27:16 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K7DzU-0001SM-Rh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:27:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50509 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K7Dyg-0007Tf-Tk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:26:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K7Dyb-0007P2-46 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:26:17 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K7Dya-0007NM-Ke for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:26:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51047 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K7Dya-0007N5-14 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:26:16 -0400 Original-Received: from sallyv1.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.109]:59062) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K7DyP-0006dg-QL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:26:15 -0400 X-ICS-MailScanner-Watermark: 1213986320.8525@OHB2ynIRVpgLfXDS2hlElg Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by sallyv1.ics.uci.edu (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id m5DIPIkF005162; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:25:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:49:08 -0400") Original-Lines: 33 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) 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:99138 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > While thinking about the key-binding problems we have in vc-annotate it > occurred to me that it should use a view-mode minor mode, but rather it > should inherit from a sort of view-mode major mode, so it can override > its key-bindings. And it occurred to me that it should be called > `special-mode' and should probably be used by most "special" major modes > (those that set the mode-class property to `special'). > > So I'm considering adding to subr.el a simple parent major mode: > (defvar special-mode-map > (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap))) > (suppress-keymap map) > (define-key map "q" 'quit-window) > (define-key map " " 'scroll-up) > (define-key map "\C-?" 'scroll-down) > (define-key map "?" 'describe-mode) This one does not seem that useful > (define-key map ">" 'end-of-buffer) > (define-key map "<" 'beginning-of-buffer) > (define-key map "g" 'revert-buffer) or this one > Any comment? IMO, good idea in genearal. How about having an even more minimalistic version of this turned on even for read-only files?