From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: Repurpose one key and reserve it for third-party packages Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 18:24:40 +0300 Message-ID: References: <87h7mhgyxj.fsf@posteo.net> <329d68a5ed0dcd10a78a@heytings.org> <87czx5gpuj.fsf@posteo.net> <329d68a5ed4f4c7e84fb@heytings.org> <877dndgnhp.fsf@posteo.net> <329d68a5edfafadfe7cd@heytings.org> <87ft2087d8.fsf@zoho.eu> <87lfbs57i9.fsf@zoho.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="2416"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.0 (3d08634) (2020-11-07) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 13 16:28:33 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lAwqW-0000Tf-2l for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 13 Feb 2021 16:28:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41410 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lAwqV-0000M8-4T for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 13 Feb 2021 10:28:31 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:43962) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lAwq9-0000Ln-5N for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Feb 2021 10:28:09 -0500 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:46929) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lAwq7-0008Tg-Gi for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Feb 2021 10:28:08 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:197.157.0.47]) (AUTH: PLAIN securesender, TLS: TLS1.2,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 000000000001E07E.000000006027F004.00000B7C; Sat, 13 Feb 2021 08:28:04 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87lfbs57i9.fsf@zoho.eu> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -3 X-Spam_score: -0.4 X-Spam_bar: / X-Spam_report: (-0.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_SORBS_WEB=1.5, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:127948 Archived-At: * Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [2021-02-13 18:10]: > Jean Louis wrote: > > > If s-a is prefix key, 26 letters + 26 upper case letters + > > 10 numbers plus 32 symbols on my keyboard is 94 combinations > > multiplied by 94 possible other following keys, not counting > > possible middle suffix keys, yields ations is 8836 possible > > bindings with Super key on this keyboard. > > Are you trying to compute the total number of keybindings? > > What do you mean by "middle suffix keys"? That was mistake, sharp-eye. I was meaning prefix after prefix. When s-p is prefix one can make s-p p also prefix, that increases rapidly number of available keys. I favor prefixes like MODIFIER-LETTER SAME-LETTER-AGAIN as such can be invoked quicker. > What is the Super key? A modifier like C and M? Here are > a bunch of standards: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_9995 Solution to make Super key work in console shall be practical. Do you have more specific reference?