From: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
To: David Reitter <david.reitter@gmail.com>
Cc: ulm@gentoo.org, tassilo@member.fsf.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: C-u prefix input (e.g., C-x f / set-fill-column)
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:45:09 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fy0622ae.fsf@jurta.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5E6A6142-0579-497F-A17B-F326E6A93F92@gmail.com> (David Reitter's message of "Fri\, 19 Oct 2007 19\:32\:50 +0100")
>> So the point is that plain "C-x f" should produce an error because it
>> is too similar to "C-x C-f". No default, and no further query.
>
> I think a further query would be appropriate. It is non-destructive, easy
> to abort, and conveys the same message via the prompt.
Maybe this is for newbies who don't know how to abort this prompt
with C-g?
> (It's too late to choose a different binding!)
Late or not, a good and easy to remember key binding would be `C-x M-q'.
--
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-19 23:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-10-19 14:45 C-u prefix input (e.g., C-x f / set-fill-column) David Reitter
2007-10-19 15:05 ` Ulrich Mueller
2007-10-19 15:21 ` Tassilo Horn
2007-10-19 17:30 ` Ulrich Mueller
2007-10-19 18:32 ` David Reitter
2007-10-19 23:45 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2007-10-20 3:30 ` Richard Stallman
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