Re: Binding M-n and M-p to forward-paragraphandbackward-paragraphrespectively

[David De La Harpe Golden <david@harpegolden.net>]

On 07/04/11 21:31, Antoine Levitt wrote:

> I've got this bound globally as well. It just makes sense with the
> global idea that C- is for atomic movements, and M- for group
> movement.

Er. In this particular case, M-{ and M-} are already conveniently bound 
to the movement by paragraph functions (and C-up/C-down...), anyway, 
aren't they?  Certain non-us keyboard layouts make '{' and '}' harder to 
type I suppose, but do we really need a third pair of bindings for the 
same damn actions?  Hell, I tend to think of the C-up/C-down one as less 
than useful, but I expect I edit bulk natural language text in emacs a 
lot less than some users.

> But in the global keymap, and in  many modes, M-n and M-p are free.

They're seldom free in modes I use. They're usually some 
mode-appropriate next/previous action, like the history in various 
common repls and M-x, next/prev note in slime-compiler-output annotated 
lisp buffers...

It might make a little sense for them to be a[nother] next/previous 
paragraph in text-mode specifically under that vague "mode appropriate 
next/previous" theory, but global?  It just seems unnecessary, and might 
even discourage any present informal "mode-appropriate next/previous" 
binding tendency.