From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gregory Heytings Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Concern about new binding. Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2021 22:10:06 +0000 Message-ID: <9031b3534bc714b3d062@heytings.org> References: <20210202134950.vybbpf3iewbymfjo.ref@Ergus> <20210202134950.vybbpf3iewbymfjo@Ergus> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="20899"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Ergus Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 02 23:11:14 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1l73tA-0005L6-Sh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 02 Feb 2021 23:11:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42998 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l73t9-0001wJ-V3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 02 Feb 2021 17:11:11 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:34024) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l73sB-0001GG-T8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Feb 2021 17:10:12 -0500 Original-Received: from heytings.org ([95.142.160.155]:33946) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l73s9-0005iH-0c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Feb 2021 17:10:11 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=heytings.org; s=20210101; t=1612303806; bh=v9UwZZlZlXwvL4fU/LpsClMccDRBnZgmAD7HzaHX8oI=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References:From; b=pZwnDIJpLTLt1bSCGma3gH3rxqzDcXEXe1JJ+GTKOAiBk35Pco0GiWjyqjZNPKqYO ntyBE/C5jXE6VMKV8obB3s4SNZ14kI/hU7fjur2Ywn81N2p5LB4ic0EVTh/Nz2YoEy h3EgSmZ30x2pLubNEnj5BXtjhKCyeot8J1rYyJDwXwFNmMD92cnaogoZCZJvUamQ1O V2fGoMvv5BJI5teodLLgiWal8wjt8Y/sZFq1iQKo6TUXbcf4fiMgz6kTLgHmpITBlI PGdLXMx9kVGe0KDYarI176zLecZqXyikbUR9gtNMQx7jFiCe+UwbAYeWKD7hFLg1fH 0N4+vYQs/HVGw== In-Reply-To: <20210202134950.vybbpf3iewbymfjo@Ergus> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=95.142.160.155; envelope-from=gregory@heytings.org; helo=heytings.org X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." 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:263757 Archived-At: > > 1) In general `C-x g` is used by magit; I know this is not a priority > (cause magit is an external package), but magit is a very popular > package. > Emacs is free to use the free C-x LETTER slots. There were only 5 such free slots until a few days ago: c g j w x. > > 3) In spite of revert-buffer is a very useful command it is useless in > many conditions like when auto-revert-mode is enable... so maybe it > makes sense to bind it to something longer (ex: C-x g r)?? > > There are more commands that could be set in a map inside C-x g IMHO: > toggle-read-only > revert-buffer-with-fine-grain > something to enable/disable font-lock etc > I agree with you that these free slots should probably be used as prefix commands. I also agree with you that revert-buffer is perhaps not useful enough to use a single letter C-x slot. I would suggest something like: C-x g c = clone-buffer C-x g d = diff-buffers C-x g f = fit-frame-to-buffer C-x g h = hexl-mode C-x g i = insert-buffer C-x g l = font-lock-mode C-x g n = rename-buffer C-x g r = revert-buffer C-x g R = revert-buffer-with-fine-grain C-x g t = toggle-truncate-lines and so forth.