From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs completion matches selection UI Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 19:05:50 +0200 Message-ID: <8338lqccnl.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87fvqtg02v.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> <878uwi8t3r.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <83ob5ee7ow.fsf@gnu.org> <87d2ltl2if.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <8338moevm3.fsf@gnu.org> <8761rkaa5e.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> <87txf0390n.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> <87y53komex.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> <87haa8moh6.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> <874n67n450.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> <87eh5bkxca.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> <87d2kuzzqj.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87a9fylusq.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> <878uvizrwz.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <8761qmkyn1.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> <838uvicg2q.fsf@gnu.org> <871u1aktce.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1387386387 27278 80.91.229.3 (18 Dec 2013 17:06:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 17:06:27 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 18 18:06:32 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VtKZs-0002zu-2E for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Dec 2013 18:06:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39716 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VtKZr-0003kj-JQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Dec 2013 12:06:31 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56796) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VtKZ7-00030a-Jn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Dec 2013 12:05:51 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VtKZ1-0002Fm-K3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Dec 2013 12:05:45 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:54147) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VtKZ1-0002FG-1e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Dec 2013 12:05:39 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MY000000I0A3800@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Dec 2013 19:05:34 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MY000LFLI5AWOP0@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Dec 2013 19:05:34 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <871u1aktce.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 X-Received-From: 80.179.55.166 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:166591 Archived-At: > From: Ted Zlatanov > Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 11:38:09 -0500 > > >> * ESC or C-g should cancel the selection > > EZ> The ESC part is un-Emacsy: ESC is needed for meta characters, so it > EZ> cannot be eaten. I suggest ESC ESC ESC instead, which is the accepted > EZ> alternative to C-g in many other places. > > What meta characters make sense when you're selecting candidates from a > list? E.g., many TTYs emit escape sequences from arrow keys. M-p and M-n also come to mind. And of course, Emacs users can customize keys, so any function one needs for browsing the candidates could potentially be bound to some meta character.