From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dani Moncayo Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#15234: 24.3.50; Make C-x u repeatable Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 17:31:08 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87k3j0bull.fsf@gmail.com> <87y57e8wxv.fsf@gmail.com> <4adaf1e3-320f-4abb-b1ce-3f0918f00eb2@default> <007fd28d-d1ee-432b-a9e0-6adef59c0317@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1378222333 31145 80.91.229.3 (3 Sep 2013 15:32:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 15:32:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 15234@debbugs.gnu.org, Jambunathan K To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 03 17:32:16 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VGsaV-0000iP-BY for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Sep 2013 17:32:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46924 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VGsaU-0000W3-VU for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Sep 2013 11:32:14 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43040) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VGsaN-0000Sn-GZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Sep 2013 11:32:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VGsaI-00040b-OU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Sep 2013 11:32:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:59153) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VGsaI-00040X-Kv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Sep 2013 11:32:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VGsaI-0008J6-0s for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Sep 2013 11:32:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Dani Moncayo Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 15:32:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15234 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 15234-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15234.137822227831868 (code B ref 15234); Tue, 03 Sep 2013 15:32:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 15234) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 Sep 2013 15:31:18 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39213 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VGsZa-0008Hw-2U for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 03 Sep 2013 11:31:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-lb0-f180.google.com ([209.85.217.180]:45555) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VGsZW-0008He-Iv for 15234@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 03 Sep 2013 11:31:16 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-lb0-f180.google.com with SMTP id q8so4976919lbi.25 for <15234@debbugs.gnu.org>; Tue, 03 Sep 2013 08:31:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=xQdKfzgj4cSvAAvnQpSY/clAmvokfnwUVHaTRk84tQo=; b=zm9gDvN8M6rH7HDL1rwupRdWCIyJ7dycLChqaGHupbF562ms+y4eZe23yLundcHed1 OiL/RYp2CNaqcFaAIN2uxM1os/iRljpLhzKDvuYzoOOm6aU7cUJ96Hc5KPuOK/bw/aEJ ifak/cjoLnc260XrkXqAcDeUYbMQHHkFWubs60TGhoZ3txoGoRHFS6vyjmN82Ch1Mclb ZGCjezgQT1RItQcqVqh/9fCvdg7id1R4oUZiyWHuENPAlhz9nyOoRjseCwbm0zMhuIBJ xV3Vwge9Jx7AdpiAOwKV0X3NX6qSigC65SgZj4eww/ePFdEJnvD9EjxWcAMWNWqFtFrQ aCMg== X-Received: by 10.112.168.35 with SMTP id zt3mr25867568lbb.11.1378222268219; Tue, 03 Sep 2013 08:31:08 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.114.176.231 with HTTP; Tue, 3 Sep 2013 08:31:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <007fd28d-d1ee-432b-a9e0-6adef59c0317@default> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:77948 Archived-At: >> 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 (` ', `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