From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Bind `q' to `quit-window' or similar in *Messages* Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:59:17 +0100 Message-ID: <87sk9itine.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> References: <7b501d5c1002030148j2df7b01eu92eb0729eb6cc28f@mail.gmail.com> <87636evclf.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> <49F60829322A48C886BC62810DDB0147@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1265212973 24265 80.91.229.12 (3 Feb 2010 16:02:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:02:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 03 17:02:50 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nchgn-000283-6H for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:02:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60456 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nchgm-0002bE-Nx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:02:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NchdY-0000dp-PG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:59:28 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42588 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NchdY-0000dT-96 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:59:28 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NchdU-0007X8-UR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:59:27 -0500 Original-Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([141.26.64.15]:9424) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NchdS-0007Vt-2Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:59:22 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14A2078A3C0E; Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:59:21 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (deliver.uni-koblenz.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 07717-05; Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:59:18 +0100 (CET) X-CHKRCPT: Envelopesender noch tassilo@member.fsf.org Original-Received: from thinkpad.tsdh.de (dhcp131.uni-koblenz.de [141.26.71.131]) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CB2978A3C01; Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:59:17 +0100 (CET) Mail-Followup-To: "Drew Adams" , In-Reply-To: <49F60829322A48C886BC62810DDB0147@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 3 Feb 2010 07:48:31 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.92 (gnu/linux) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at uni-koblenz.de X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:120861 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: >> Cause *Messages* is not read-only, and maybe you want to insert a q >> there. But does that anybody really want? I guess no. So I'd be in >> favor of making *Messages* read-only and bind `q' to `quit-window' >> there. > > Absolutely I want that. I want to be able to write in *Messages*. Yes, > I can toggle read-only, but if `q' quits, then that defeats the > purpose. > > I sometimes find myself with tons of messages being logged, and when I > make several successive tests I sometimes type stuff in Messages to > distinguish test sequences etc. Hm, you could also do M-: (message "#############"), but of course that's not as fast. > And I kill sections of text there, or copy text (including text I've > added) to other buffers, and so on. I see. > What's wrong with `C-x 0' (or `C-x k')? Nothing. Bye, Tassilo