From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "B. Smith-Mannschott" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Meaning ofprefixes Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:05:58 +0100 Message-ID: <2A44EFCA-86F5-413C-BBB2-7AFB0D53504E@gmail.com> References: <5urpmlF1j433cU1@mid.dfncis.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v915) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1200143219 29978 80.91.229.12 (12 Jan 2008 13:06:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:06:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: matthias Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 12 14:07:21 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JDg51-0001pi-CC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:07:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JDg4d-00075n-IK for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:06:55 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JDg3z-0006fS-Tn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:06:15 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JDg3z-0006eo-Bn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:06:15 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JDg3z-0006ef-4q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:06:15 -0500 Original-Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.152]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JDg3y-0006QU-Nh for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:06:14 -0500 Original-Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id d23so2213071fga.30 for ; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:06:13 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:cc:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references:x-mailer; bh=akinhUCSP3quOJoAW5wKKH9vyxP5jjKvy0ZRKuiIxdQ=; b=OKInRUlevOOnQwZacREIsWBa9jY43fA9a2g905iwUVm7U7fSHCvFIwcGxzjWMddPMKWcdJa5HrSBqyUEWNWR4LSCtX9xS8x0x3Eco6gMR5YI6zmftnfAq5/r32A/2ggipNic0qU1sMQjz9tekWvVY7/AeMm3qO09HqE4G01wbpg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=cc:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references:x-mailer; b=ns6pKjsfuyNF4u0tnlJur72bPznT3XZ2BUYVIoS7A8/Uem0lqCwB2s6xtzuRfEip95M2GYrJwws9Fh6hnffW6lGdByWzytmKFRmDPgpTc0SaHcnEilEnvWEXy5KQiL+K5Jixy6tg62+TtrcWW2WRekZuXRAPNRqH4jKhWZfo478= Original-Received: by 10.86.82.16 with SMTP id f16mr4069678fgb.60.1200143173335; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:06:13 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from ?192.168.2.2? ( [91.113.86.239]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l19sm4200114fgb.3.2008.01.12.05.06.11 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:06:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <5urpmlF1j433cU1@mid.dfncis.de> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.915) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:50678 Archived-At: On Jan 12, 2008, at 13:22, matthias wrote: > is there any proposed meaning for the different prefixes (like C-x, > C-c, etc)? > I think C-c prefixes tend to be used for things that are specific to the current major editing mode. C-x is used for things that are more global. [off topic] Incidentally, as I was browsing C-h b (describe-bindings) to confirm this hunch, I discovered kmacro.el, which allows macro definition and execution using F3 and F4, implements a keyboard macro ring (remembering previous macros), and provides a simple macro counter for inserting numbers (incremented each time) as part of a macro. I had no idea. I'm still using the "traditional" bindings C-x (, C-x ), C-x e just as I have been since was first exposed to emacs over 10 years ago. I'm sure there are still whole worlds of functionality in emacs I'm completely unaware of. What a beast it is. // ben