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: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:42:48 +0300 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87lk0jj4bb.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> <87iqvpnucx.fsf@jurta.org> <8763rp1chc.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 1215038647 5418 80.91.229.12 (2 Jul 2008 22:44:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 22:44:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 03 00:44:54 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 1KEB4G-0006bA-H7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:44:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35697 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KEB3P-0003HQ-LP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:43:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KEB3K-0003GS-Ka for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:43:54 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KEB3J-0003FM-2Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:43:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40978 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KEB3I-0003Ez-T6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:43:52 -0400 Original-Received: from relay03.kiev.sovam.com ([62.64.120.201]:58341) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KEB3D-0000IJ-Dz; Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:43:47 -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 1KEB39-000IzH-L4; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:43:43 +0300 In-Reply-To: <8763rp1chc.fsf@catnip.gol.com> (Miles Bader's message of "Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:11:27 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Scanner-Signature: c2436a487120708c9e0f2b31fdd4cc45 X-DrWeb-checked: yes X-SpamTest-Envelope-From: juri@jurta.org X-SpamTest-Group-ID: 00000000 X-SpamTest-Header: Trusted X-SpamTest-Info: Profiles 4194 [July 3 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:100288 Archived-At: >>> 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. > > That's quite debatable; I actually use "M-x grep" many many times a day, > but have never felt it needed a binding. Do you type `M-x compile RET' as often as `M-x grep RET'? I think it needs a key binding as well. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/