From: Jeremy Bryant <jb@jeremybryant.net>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
Cc: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>,
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
ohwoeowho@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Suggestion: Ace-window in Emacs core for switching windows?
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 23:31:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bk3fbf4n.fsf@jeremybryant.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87cynw7wgv.fsf@posteo.net> (Philip Kaludercic's message of "Mon, 01 Jul 2024 19:17:52 +0000")
Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
> Jeremy Bryant <jb@jeremybryant.net> writes:
>
>> Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
>>>
>>>> Given that we already have windmove, would the addition of ace-window
>>>> really change that much?
>>>
>>> The same argument could be used for many packages that we have in core.
>>> Who needs Gnus when you have rmail, and so on. The packages do
>>> basically the same thing, but in very different ways.
>
> That is fair IMO, because the ways /are/ very different. I just wanted
> to clarify, if the method employed by ace-window is different enough to
> be interesting as an alternative to windmove.
>> FWIW, my personal reason for using ace-window is due to helping with
>> RSI. I find that the facility to navigate windows by staying on the
>> home row reduces the travel distance on the keyboard.
>>
>> I recognise that this may not be as essential for other users, and offer
>> these remarks just for wider understanding.
>
> My question is what your experience with windmove has been, and what
> advantage ace-window has over windmove. E.g. my main configuration
> for
Happy to answer your question:
I used windmove before I started using ace-window, I concur that it is a
useful and intuitive package, and indeed more understandable.
I also like the fact that ace-window naturally scales up; in the case of
2 windows, M-x ace-window (bound to your key of choice), reduces to
simply the equivalent of M-x other-window.
For N>=3 windows, you get the interface explained before.
> windmove is
>
> (setopt windmove-default-keybindings '(nil . nil))
>
> that binds window switching directly to the arrow keys. I don't know of
> anyone else who does this (and I know of a few colleges who got annoyed
> at me for doing this), but I think it is neat. What I am trying to say
I agree it's neat.
But in my personal use case, as explained, I wish to stay on the home row, so I
almost don't use the arrows for anything.
> is that there might be a windmove configuration that would serve you
> just as well, but you just haven't found it yet. In that case, we need
Yes, it could well be true that there is a another interesting configuration.
> to document the features better, instead of going through the process of
> adding more packages -- as we have seen, that can take a while.
Yes, I accept the bar to adding new packages to Emacs is high
>
>> From ace-window.el:
>> ;; By default, ace-window uses numbers for window labels so the window
>> ;; labeling is intuitively ordered. But if you prefer to type keys on
>> ;; your home row for quicker access, use this setting:
>> ;;
>> ;; (setq aw-keys '(?a ?s ?d ?f ?g ?h ?j ?k ?l))
>>
>>
>> I've adapted it to Dvorak layout as:
>> (setq aw-keys '(?a ?s ?d ?f ?g ?h ?j ?k ?l))
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-07-02 22:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-06-25 21:37 Suggestion: Ace-window in Emacs core for switching windows? Jeremy Bryant via Emacs development discussions.
2024-06-27 9:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-06-29 22:10 ` Jeremy Bryant
2024-06-30 0:18 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-06-30 0:35 ` Stefan Kangas
2024-07-01 19:04 ` Jeremy Bryant
2024-07-01 19:17 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-07-01 22:21 ` Stefan Kangas
2024-07-02 22:31 ` Jeremy Bryant [this message]
2024-06-30 5:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-01 19:07 ` Jeremy Bryant
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