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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:295246 Archived-At: Hello, On Tue 13 Sep 2022 at 09:50AM +03, Juri Linkov wrote: >>>> (2) again given that the -root-window- commands will be rarely used, I >>>> think the similarity with the existing commands will make 'C-x w 2' >>>> and 'C-x w 3' easier to memorise / recall-with-effort. >>> >>> Since they will be rarely used, they could be bound to a more consistent >>> key sequence 'C-x w r 2' and 'C-x w r 3' where "w r" means "window-root", >>> freeing 'C-x w 2' and 'C-x w 3' for other uses. >> >> That would definitely make sense if we are expecting some other root >> window commands -- do you have some ideas? > > Even if we have two root commands now, it still makes sense to add more > sub-prefixes to not lock us into a limited set of keys, but to leave > room for possible future extensions. Then every window concept could > have own prefix: 'C-x w s' could be reserved for side windows, then > 'window-toggle-side-windows' will be on e.g. 'C-x w s t'. 'C-x w f' > could be reserved for window/frame relationship commands, then > 'tear-off-window' will be on e.g. 'C-x w f t', etc. I agree with you in principle but four key long bindings are too long for commands like window-toggle-side-windows, I think. I would use my own thing under C-c if that was what was on offer. -- Sean Whitton