From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: how about a find-library-other-window command? Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:07:12 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87bqfb7grk.fsf@jurta.org> <87abuuhg52.fsf@jurta.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1182388108 15940 80.91.229.12 (21 Jun 2007 01:08:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:08:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 21 03:08:27 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1I1B9u-0007Pf-FK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Jun 2007 03:08:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I1B9u-0002VU-15 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:08:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I1B8l-0001jT-Ga for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:07:15 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I1B8j-0001ig-Np for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:07:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I1B8j-0001id-JI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:07:13 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I1B8j-0001wX-7w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:07:13 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I1B8i-0000F5-VI; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:07:12 -0400 In-reply-to: <87abuuhg52.fsf@jurta.org> (message from Juri Linkov on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:09:14 +0300) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:73483 Archived-At: Then after typing `C-x 4 C-c C-f', the prefix `C-x 4' will set some special variable, and `show-buffer' called by this command will detect it and put `this-command' to the user config alist with a flag to reuse this user preference next time this command is called without the prefix `C-x 4'. That mechanism might work, but that user interface is just no good. Adding one extra character here is a big change for the worse. You have to type `C-x 4 C-x C-f' only once. After `show-buffer' records the fact of calling with the prefix `C-x 4' first time, it will reuse this preference on subsequent invocations without the prefix `C-x 4'. I certainly don't want that. At least, not as the replacement for the current C-x 4 prefix. I don't mind if that behavior is available for you if you like it, but I won't accept it as the default.