From: Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: repeat the last single shell command
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 15:07:43 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <barmar-A8F9B3.15074318072013@news.eternal-september.org> (raw)
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In article <mailman.1343.1374163702.12400.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> > That ties it to `shell-command'. You could bind the other version also
> > in `minibuffer-local-map', and then `M-: !' would reevaluate the last
> > lisp expression, `M-! !' would reexecute the last shell command, `M-x !'
> > would execute the last complex command, `C-x C-f !' would find the last
> > found file, `C-x b !' would switch to the last switched to buffer, etc.
>
> That kind of misses the point, which for M-! ! is the fact that it’s
> easy to type — because of finger position caching. (I’d maybe even go
> as far as making it M-! M-!.) After M-: or M-x, ! is not in the cache.
M-! M-! makes quite a bit of sense, and avoids the problem someone else
mentioned about making it hard to use ! in a command. I could see
generalizing this: M-x M-x should recall the last extended command, M-:
M-: should recall the last eval-expression, etc.
This assumes you're typing the commands with a real Meta key, since it's
easier to keep your finger on it while you repeat the character. If
you're using an ESC prefix to emulate Meta, ESC ! ! would be more
intuitive, I think.
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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
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Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-18 9:00 repeat the last single shell command Luca Ferrari
[not found] ` <CAKcmqqyD8e2bX99NHMKG0h+fdF=U66mBsJ-W=4ygtmvJgNGaGA@mail.gmail.com>
2013-07-18 9:55 ` Luca Ferrari
2013-07-18 11:35 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-07-18 12:34 ` Luca Ferrari
2013-07-18 12:42 ` Nicolas Richard
2013-07-18 13:24 ` Tassilo Horn
2013-07-18 13:52 ` Nicolas Richard
2013-07-18 14:18 ` Tassilo Horn
2013-07-18 16:08 ` Yuri Khan
[not found] ` <mailman.1343.1374163702.12400.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-07-18 19:07 ` Barry Margolin [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.1333.1374153910.12400.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-07-18 14:45 ` Barry Margolin
2013-07-18 10:33 ` Peter Dyballa
2013-07-18 13:11 ` Tassilo Horn
2013-07-18 14:01 ` Luca Ferrari
2013-07-18 14:12 ` Nicolas Richard
2013-07-18 14:22 ` Tassilo Horn
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