From: Josh <josh@foxtail.org>
To: Leo Liu <sdl.web@gmail.com>
Cc: Jay Finger <jay.finger@pobox.com>,
emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>, Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>,
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
Daniel Colascione <dancol@dancol.org>
Subject: Re: Rectangular regions
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 22:55:22 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANdFEAHOQYYW=__D6keR4wHbx=GwAGh05rXizxZ9x2brHkAmnw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m1r4b0lolz.fsf@gmail.com>
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 9:42 PM, Leo Liu <sdl.web@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2013-11-01 11:06 +0800, Josh wrote:
>> IMO for most users setting a rectangular mark will be done infrequently
>> enough that it would be a waste to dedicate C-] to it. C-x r C-SPC seems
>> like a reasonable default binding to me for the reasons I mentioned earlier,
>> and naturally users that prefer shorter bindings would be free to assign
>> them in their init files.
>
> You are too pessimistic. There are many interesting things that can be
> built on this feature. For example, I no longer need to `C-x r k', when
> C-w will do just fine.
Based on my personal experience and the mentions of rectangle commands
I've seen on blogs, IRC, and elsewhere, my impression is that rectangle
commands usually fall into the "occasionally very useful" category, with the
emphasis on "occasionally." Perhaps I'm in the minority, but it doesn't seem
worthwhile to give up C-] in exchange for saving a single keystroke for
infrequent operations like kill-rectangle.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-11-01 5:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 92+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-10-30 1:59 Rectangular regions Stefan Monnier
2013-10-30 2:15 ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-10-30 2:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-10-30 3:22 ` Leo Liu
2013-10-30 3:29 ` Daniel Colascione
2013-10-30 18:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-10-30 18:24 ` Bastien
2013-10-30 19:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-30 23:35 ` Bastien
2013-10-31 12:05 ` Jose E. Marchesi
2013-11-05 18:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-05 19:31 ` Drew Adams
2013-10-31 17:17 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-10-31 18:11 ` Jambunathan K
2013-10-31 18:36 ` Jay Finger
2013-10-31 18:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-31 19:28 ` Daniel Colascione
2013-10-31 19:38 ` Daniel Colascione
2013-10-31 19:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-01 1:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-01 8:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-31 22:50 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-11-01 17:12 ` Jay Finger
2013-11-01 18:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-01 19:05 ` Drew Adams
2013-11-01 19:25 ` John Yates
2013-11-05 22:44 ` Davis Herring
2013-11-01 1:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-01 2:13 ` Leo Liu
2013-11-01 3:06 ` Josh
2013-11-01 4:42 ` Leo Liu
2013-11-01 5:55 ` Josh [this message]
2013-11-01 8:33 ` Jambunathan K
2013-11-02 10:25 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-11-01 15:04 ` Drew Adams
2013-11-02 6:31 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2013-11-02 8:14 ` Jambunathan K
2013-11-02 9:56 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2013-11-02 10:05 ` [SPAM] " Jarek Czekalski
2013-11-02 11:00 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2013-11-02 14:56 ` Jambunathan K
2013-11-02 16:59 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2013-11-02 17:19 ` Jambunathan K
2013-11-03 8:41 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2013-11-02 15:30 ` Drew Adams
2013-11-02 17:03 ` Jambunathan K
2013-11-03 0:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-03 0:36 ` Jambunathan K
2013-11-01 15:04 ` Drew Adams
2013-11-01 8:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-01 15:04 ` Drew Adams
2013-11-01 7:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-01 12:35 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-01 19:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-01 19:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-01 19:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-01 20:02 ` Daniel Colascione
2013-11-01 20:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-01 23:35 ` Josh
2013-11-02 7:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-02 18:20 ` Josh
2013-11-02 19:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-01 16:57 ` Jay Finger
2013-10-31 21:03 ` Josh
2013-11-01 2:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-05 19:47 ` Mathias Dahl
2013-10-30 20:31 ` John Yates
2013-10-31 20:23 ` Richard Stallman
2013-11-01 7:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-30 4:55 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2013-10-31 13:39 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-10-30 3:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-30 4:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-10-31 20:23 ` Richard Stallman
2013-11-01 1:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-10-30 3:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-30 10:36 ` Bastien
2013-10-30 10:39 ` Bastien
2013-10-30 10:49 ` Andreas Schwab
2013-10-31 20:22 ` Richard Stallman
2013-11-01 0:54 ` Leo Liu
2013-10-30 13:19 ` Jambunathan K
2013-10-30 14:53 ` Josh
2013-10-30 16:56 ` Jambunathan K
2013-10-30 18:07 ` Jambunathan K
2013-10-31 20:22 ` Richard Stallman
2013-11-01 9:25 ` Yuri Khan
2013-11-01 11:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-01 12:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-01 14:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-11-01 15:08 ` Yuri Khan
2013-11-02 17:36 ` Jambunathan K
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