From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: SPC in custom-mode Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 23:21:27 +0200 Message-ID: <42CD9CD7.8040902@student.lu.se> References: <200507072034.j67KYgLC009481@brains.moreideas.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1120771890 16835 80.91.229.2 (7 Jul 2005 21:31:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 21:31:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 07 23:31:29 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dqdww-0007cm-1r for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2005 23:30:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DqdyJ-0002cu-MW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2005 17:31:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DqdxB-0002Qy-7b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2005 17:30:42 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Dqdx4-0002LB-1F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2005 17:30:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dqdwz-0002Il-9s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2005 17:30:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [81.228.8.83] (helo=pne-smtpout1-sn2.hy.skanova.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Dqdv9-0000sY-Qg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2005 17:28:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.168.123.121] (83.249.205.6) by pne-smtpout1-sn2.hy.skanova.net (7.2.060.1) id 42BFBBD2002063D5; Thu, 7 Jul 2005 23:21:33 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-To: Peter Whaite In-Reply-To: <200507072034.j67KYgLC009481@brains.moreideas.ca> 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:40592 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:40592 Peter Whaite wrote: >>>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. > > I just tested Firefox. SPC scrolls forward and S-SPC backward - unless you are on a button (like a normal button, checkbox or radiobutton). In that case SPC "clicks" the button. >Perhaps info mode was made to mimic less :-). > > I did use less for a long time until I found a good editor... > >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. > > Firefox decided do as less for SPC but not for BSPC as far as I understand. I like the ability to be able to scroll forward with SPC. The only thing I am suggesting is that this behaviour should perhaps be changed when point is on a button. However this is by no means a big thing.