From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Grep key bindings Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:54:22 +0300 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87iqvpnucx.fsf@jurta.org> References: <4853F884.7000609@gmail.com> <7dbe73ed0806141442h342f8ff0u83863f3980a7e229@mail.gmail.com> <48545D78.8080103@gmail.com> <4854E536.8040407@gmail.com> <87k5gql900.fsf@jurta.org> <878wwp1an8.fsf@jurta.org> <871w2gi58m.fsf@jurta.org> <87d4m0c9md.fsf@jurta.org> <87wsk89byj.fsf@jurta.org> <87bq1ihey5.fsf@jurta.org> <878wwlpa0e.fsf_-_@jurta.org> <87bq1h1dqg.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1214949426 27212 80.91.229.12 (1 Jul 2008 21:57:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 21:57:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 01 23:57:52 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KDnr2-0001il-E0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:57:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58966 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KDnqB-0004Xk-ME for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:56:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KDnos-0004BZ-Fs for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:55:26 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KDnoq-0004Am-Ip for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:55:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33890 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KDnoq-0004Ae-B6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:55:24 -0400 Original-Received: from relay03.kiev.sovam.com ([62.64.120.201]:62592) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KDnok-0000a2-EI; Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:55:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [83.170.232.243] (helo=smtp.svitonline.com) by relay03.kiev.sovam.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1KDnoh-000316-TH; Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:55:16 +0300 In-Reply-To: <87bq1h1dqg.fsf@catnip.gol.com> (Miles Bader's message of "Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:44:23 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Scanner-Signature: 7b6940144bc5d56bdacd12344196c2df X-DrWeb-checked: yes X-SpamTest-Envelope-From: juri@jurta.org X-SpamTest-Group-ID: 00000000 X-SpamTest-Header: Trusted X-SpamTest-Info: Profiles 4175 [July 1 2008] X-SpamTest-Info: {received from trusted relay: common white list} X-SpamTest-Info: {HEADERS: header Content-Type found without required header Content-Transfer-Encoding} X-SpamTest-Method: white ip list X-SpamTest-Rate: 10 X-SpamTest-Status: Trusted X-SpamTest-Status-Extended: trusted X-SpamTest-Version: SMTP-Filter Version 3.0.0 [0278], KAS30/Release X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 6.x (1) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:100279 Archived-At: >> Another set of commands that need global key bindings is `grep' >> and more useful `rgrep' and `lgrep'. > > Why? > > Not every command needs a binding, and "rgrep" and "lgrep" are quite > convenient to use with M-x. > > Trying to bind _everything_ just reduces the quality of bindings in > general. But I don't propose to bind everything. Only most frequently used commands deserve global key bindings, and grep family of commands undoubtedly belong to this category. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/