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From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: Repurpose one key and reserve it for third-party packages
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 18:45:55 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YCf0M1g9F2HM8zgd@protected.rcdrun.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lfbsugdz.fsf@zoho.eu>

* Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> [2021-02-13 18:39]:
> Jean Louis wrote:
> 
> > When s-p is prefix one can make s-p p also prefix, that
> > increases rapidly number of available keys. I favor prefixes
> > like
> 
> Suggestion, start with: what are the number of keybindings if
> there are no additional prefix keys defined, with modifiers are
> C and M?

So just to count number of keys without using those keys as prefix
keys?

And then just one shall be reserved for third party packages? And not
as prefix?

Is that what was meant with it?

Those third party packages may start fighting for that one reserved
key.

> > MODIFIER-LETTER SAME-LETTER-AGAIN as such can be
> > invoked quicker.
> 
> Well, for the first and most important one, sure. Then the
> asdf jkl; keys as they are close and fast and ergonomic, then
> the ... etc

In modal mode Emacs offers probably better keybindings like Xah
explained: https://github.com/xahlee/xah-fly-keys

We still think that the key need be reserved, but we forgot the
growing number of vi-like users who prefer modal system. 



  reply	other threads:[~2021-02-13 15:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 185+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-07 22:05 PROPOSAL: Repurpose one key and reserve it for third-party packages Gregory Heytings
2021-02-08  0:13 ` Ergus
2021-02-08  2:57 ` Jorge Javier Araya Navarro
2021-02-08  3:46 ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-08  7:20   ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-08 14:58     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-08 21:00       ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-08 21:33       ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-09  8:13         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-09 16:54           ` Sean Whitton
2021-02-09 17:13             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-09 17:43             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-09 21:21               ` Sean Whitton
2021-02-10 21:43                 ` Bindings for setting faces (was: PROPOSAL: Repurpose one key and reserve it for third-party packages) Kévin Le Gouguec
2021-02-09 18:37             ` PROPOSAL: Repurpose one key and reserve it for third-party packages Stefan Monnier
2021-02-08 22:45       ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-08 15:45     ` Thibaut Verron
2021-02-08 23:01       ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-09  3:20         ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-09  9:13         ` Simen Heggestøyl
2021-02-09  9:30         ` Juri Linkov
2021-02-09 13:01           ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-08 21:00     ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-09  6:03     ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-08 12:36   ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-02-08 21:00   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-08  4:52 ` Robin Tarsiger
2021-02-08  8:41   ` Thibaut Verron
2021-02-08 17:07     ` Robin Tarsiger
2021-02-11 12:59     ` Arthur Miller
2021-02-08 21:00   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-09  7:42     ` Yuri Khan
2021-02-09  8:23       ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-08 23:14   ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-09  8:23     ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-08 12:42 ` Augusto Stoffel
2021-02-08 21:00   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-08 14:54 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-08 21:00   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-08 17:59 ` Sean Whitton
2021-02-08 22:40   ` Eric Abrahamsen
2021-02-09 16:45     ` Sean Whitton
2021-02-10  5:28       ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-10  9:29         ` Thibaut Verron
2021-02-11 13:37           ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-11 13:52             ` Thibaut Verron
2021-02-10 10:42         ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-02-10 11:35           ` Thibaut Verron
2021-02-10 12:59             ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-02-10 13:09             ` vc-magit mode (was: Re: PROPOSAL: Repurpose one key and reserve it for third-party packages) Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-02-10 13:25               ` Thibaut Verron
2021-02-10 13:34               ` vc-magit mode Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-10 15:33               ` vc-magit mode (was: Re: PROPOSAL: Repurpose one key and reserve it for third-party packages) Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-10 16:47                 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-02-10 17:22                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-11 13:37           ` PROPOSAL: Repurpose one key and reserve it for third-party packages Richard Stallman
2021-02-11 14:38             ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-11 15:13               ` Robert Pluim
2021-02-11 16:08                 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-12  8:21                   ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-02-12  8:36                     ` Robert Pluim
2021-02-12 15:11                       ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-02-13  3:26                       ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-10 11:07         ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-10 13:00           ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-02-10 13:59             ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-10 14:10               ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-02-10 14:51                 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-10 15:12                   ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-02-10 15:23                     ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-10 16:35               ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-10 16:35             ` Drew Adams
2021-02-10 17:05               ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-11 13:37           ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-11 13:55             ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-12  9:40       ` Jean Louis
2021-02-08 20:32 ` Ulrich Mueller
2021-02-08 21:00   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-08 21:37     ` Ulrich Mueller
2021-02-08 22:00       ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-09 16:57       ` Sean Whitton
2021-02-09 17:19         ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-09 17:59           ` Ulrich Mueller
2021-02-09 18:24             ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-09 18:19           ` Thibaut Verron
2021-02-09 19:16             ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-09 19:28               ` Thibaut Verron
2021-02-09 20:15                 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-09 19:47               ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-09 22:19             ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-09 21:34           ` Sean Whitton
     [not found] ` <8735y56naf.fsf@posteo.net>
     [not found]   ` <8ed9b43502ae9a36b057@heytings.org>
2021-02-09 23:18     ` Philip K.
2021-02-10 11:07       ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-10 23:35         ` Philip K.
2021-02-11  8:45           ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-11 13:53             ` Philip K.
2021-02-11 15:47               ` Philip K.
2021-02-11 15:59               ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-11 16:20                 ` Philip K.
2021-02-11 17:48                   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-11 18:34                     ` Philip K.
2021-02-11 21:15                       ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-11 22:48                         ` Philip K.
2021-02-12  0:01                           ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-12 10:27                             ` Philip K.
2021-02-12 11:59                               ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-12 13:23                                 ` Philip K.
2021-02-12 13:54                                   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-12 14:09                                     ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-12 16:04                                       ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-12 17:25                                         ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-12 17:54                                           ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-12 18:16                                             ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-12 21:48                                               ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-13  0:37                                                 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-13  8:33                                                   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-13  9:09                                                     ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-13 13:06                                                       ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-13 14:28                                                         ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-13 15:01                                                           ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-13 16:08                                                             ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-13 15:02                                                           ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-13 15:21                                                             ` Jean Louis
2021-02-13 15:28                                                               ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-13 15:39                                                                 ` Nothing is the list - " Jean Louis
2021-02-13 20:14                                                             ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-13 20:58                                                               ` Jean Louis
2021-02-13 21:18                                                               ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-13 21:32                                                                 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-13 21:37                                                                 ` PROPOSAL: Repurpose one key (why only one?) " Jean Louis
2021-02-13 23:55                                                                   ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-14  6:19                                                                     ` Jean Louis
2021-02-14  6:33                                                                       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-14  8:06                                                                         ` Jean Louis
2021-02-14 18:30                                                                       ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-14 19:21                                                                         ` Jean Louis
2021-02-14 19:44                                                                           ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-14 23:30                                                                           ` Drew Adams
2021-02-15  0:33                                                                             ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-15  5:59                                                                             ` Jean Louis
2021-02-14 17:59                                                                     ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-14 18:14                                                                       ` libraries (was: Re: PROPOSAL: Repurpose one key (why only one?) and reserve it for third-party packages) Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-14 18:23                                                                       ` PROPOSAL: Repurpose one key (why only one?) and reserve it for third-party packages Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-14 21:37                                                                         ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-15  0:28                                                                           ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-15  5:02                                                                           ` Robert Thorpe
2021-02-15 11:08                                                                             ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-17  9:07                                                                               ` Robert Thorpe
2021-02-20 17:50                                                                                 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-14 18:30                                                                       ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-14 18:50                                                                         ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-14 19:24                                                                           ` Jean Louis
2021-02-14 19:41                                                                             ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-14 23:30                                                                           ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-13 10:05                                                     ` PROPOSAL: Repurpose one key " Jean Louis
2021-02-13  8:24                                                 ` Jean Louis
2021-02-13 12:44                                                   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-13 14:26                                                     ` Jean Louis
2021-02-13 15:09                                                       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-13 15:24                                                         ` Jean Louis
2021-02-13 15:38                                                           ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-13 15:45                                                             ` Jean Louis [this message]
2021-02-12  4:45                           ` Robert Thorpe
2021-02-12  9:58                             ` Philip K.
2021-02-11 16:59                 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-11 16:58             ` Drew Adams
2021-02-11 16:59             ` Leo Butler
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2021-02-08 10:02 Gregory Heytings
2021-02-08 16:41 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-08 22:01 ` Francis Belliveau
2021-02-09  0:05   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-10 22:54     ` Francis Belliveau
2021-02-09  6:31 ` Jean Louis
2021-02-09  9:13   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-10 11:17     ` Jean Louis
2021-02-09 17:13   ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-09 17:49     ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-09 18:12       ` Drew Adams
2021-02-09 19:23         ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-09 20:52           ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-09 21:15             ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-09 21:47               ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-10 11:07                 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-10  9:05               ` Robert Thorpe
2021-02-10 14:42                 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-10 14:59                   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-09  8:13 ` Marcin Borkowski
2021-02-09  9:13   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-15 19:01 Gregory Heytings
2021-02-15 19:55 ` Dmitry Gutov

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