From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jao Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Concern about new binding. Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2021 07:51:22 +0000 Message-ID: <878s83lzph.fsf@gnus.jao.io> References: <87zh0mmr54.fsf@gmail.com> <87y2g5smya.fsf@gmail.com> <4FF55FBF-573D-4A70-B3FC-682CA25B7ECB@gnu.org> <83lfc53whk.fsf@gnu.org> <20210203180142.seu6o3i6u7jhkyrh@Ergus> <83eehx3to5.fsf@gnu.org> <20210203221628.xgvvxjvh56gyswba@Ergus> <20210204070033.pm4ido4hq7a6twif@Ergus> <83sg6brhyg.fsf@gnu.org> <87a6sjpyqs.fsf@gnus.org> <838s83ra3q.fsf@gnu.org> <87mtwjocn7.fsf@gnus.org> <87tuqrmncs.fsf@gnus.jao.io> <87sg6bm11p.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="13779"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Lars Ingebrigtsen" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 05 08:52:29 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1l7vul-0003SM-IC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2021 08:52:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52774 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l7vuk-0002Yg-Ig for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2021 02:52:26 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:43840) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l7vts-0001kb-6G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2021 02:51:32 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:55912) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l7vtr-0000aO-7I; Fri, 05 Feb 2021 02:51:31 -0500 Original-Received: from [84.247.48.166] (port=40964 helo=osgiliath.local) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1l7vtq-0003Gj-Pl; Fri, 05 Feb 2021 02:51:31 -0500 Original-Received: by osgiliath.local (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C48FA402B7; Fri, 5 Feb 2021 07:51:22 +0000 (GMT) In-Reply-To: <87sg6bm11p.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Fri, 05 Feb 2021 08:22:26 +0100") X-Attribution: jao X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett X-URL: X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:263946 Archived-At: On Fri, Feb 05 2021, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote: > "Jose A. Ortega Ruiz" writes: > >> Given that C-/ is undo, i would find it easier to remember C-x / as >> revert-buffer ("undo everything", if you look at it sideways :)) >> than any other proposed alternative. > > It's a convenient keystroke on US keyboards, but on other national > keyboards, / is hidden away in inconvenient places like S-7, and > `C-x S-7' is pretty awkward to type. I see. That's a good point. Not that it matters much, but my second vote was going to be for `C-x g g' (although there's the Magit situation, funny how 3rd party libraries get a free pass using "free" slots ;)) or `C-x G' (because i tend to use shifted letters for "destructive" commands--i imagine the shift as an exclamation mark (g!), call me a schemer). jao -- May my silences become more accurate. -Theodore Roethke, poet (1908-1963)