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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





  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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