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.devel Subject: Re: C-o (was: Proposal: new default bindings for winner and windmove) Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 11:54:21 +0300 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="5396"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.2.12 (2023-09-09) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Johan =?utf-8?Q?Myr=C3=A9en?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 13 12:24:47 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1sdohr-0001G9-P6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2024 12:24:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sdohA-0000Oi-2b; Tue, 13 Aug 2024 06:24:04 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sdoh7-0000E6-QQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2024 06:24:01 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sdoh6-0006OE-1u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2024 06:24:01 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:41.75.183.123]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 0000000000077C6B.0000000066BB3419.000E0C70; Tue, 13 Aug 2024 03:23:20 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: Johan =?utf-8?Q?Myr=C3=A9en?= , emacs-devel@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_SAFE_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:322693 Archived-At: * Johan Myréen [2024-07-03 22:33]: > > > > I can see someone doing C-o foo bar but I don't see the benefit compared > > to foo bar RET > > > The benefit is that C-o opens a new blank line to type on, instead of > prepending what you are writing to the pre-existing text on the line, which > I find very distracting. Also, I might want to do a quick edit to what I > have typed so far (maybe to fix a typo before I forget it's there), and > then return to add new text to the line. If I open a new blank line with > C-o, I just type C-e to continue typing, but if the line is still stringed > together with the old line, then finding the correct point is a pita. > > Note that the vi editor also has not only one, but two "open line" commands > "o" and "O", for opening a line below and above the current line, > respectively. Just confirming on the older thread, that I am frequently using C-o and find it very useful as explained abve by Johan. -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns ✡️🛡️ Proudly standing with Israel, a nation rooted in history and culture. Let's condemn hatred and promote understanding. In support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/