From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo@gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 15234@debbugs.gnu.org, Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#15234: 24.3.50; Make C-x u repeatable
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 17:31:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAH8Pv0jWf9r3GjzWc0TmRSL1nSxTkDo7gZCkiXUaUC2EcvTKew@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <007fd28d-d1ee-432b-a9e0-6adef59c0317@default>
>> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=12572#8
>
> [The argument there is that if `C-x u u u...' repeats `undo' then typing
> `u' directly after that will not insert a `u' character.]
>
> Fair enough. And thank you - it's always good to see real arguments for
> and against a proposal.
>
> It's a good argument. Not a particularly strong one, IMO, but reasonable.
>
> It's not strong because there are other, simple ways of exiting `undo' so
> `u' will then insert (`<left> <right>', `x DEL', whatever).
Yes, there would be other ways of exiting undo, but I definitely
prefer not having to "exit" `undo'.
In general, I think that modal operations should be avoided as much as
possible, because IMO, they make the user interface more complex
(uglier, worse...).
--
Dani Moncayo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-09-03 15:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-01 12:21 bug#15234: 24.3.50; Make C-x u repeatable Jambunathan K
2013-09-01 15:23 ` Drew Adams
2013-09-01 16:11 ` Jambunathan K
2013-09-01 16:27 ` Juri Linkov
2013-09-01 16:45 ` Jambunathan K
2013-09-03 1:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-09-03 2:15 ` Drew Adams
2013-09-03 2:23 ` Jambunathan K
2013-09-03 2:27 ` Drew Adams
2013-09-03 6:32 ` Dani Moncayo
2013-09-03 14:49 ` Drew Adams
2013-09-03 15:31 ` Dani Moncayo [this message]
2013-09-03 16:19 ` Drew Adams
2013-09-03 16:41 ` Dani Moncayo
2013-09-03 20:58 ` Jambunathan K
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