From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: have cake will eat, eat cake will have - krazy key koncept kontroversy Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:31:39 +0900 Message-ID: References: <732931969EE046E8A44CE77C4FD88C64@us.oracle.com> <87bpm0zps7.fsf@mail.jurta.org> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1251426947 26434 80.91.229.12 (28 Aug 2009 02:35:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:35:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Drew Adams , 'Emacs-Devel devel' To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 28 04:35:39 2009 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 1MgrJR-0004eA-Sk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:35:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46108 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MgrJR-0007YB-88 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:35:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MgrFp-0001h9-Ay for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:31:53 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MgrFj-0001Y0-7w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:31:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47993 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MgrFj-0001Xo-2L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:31:47 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.206]:51469) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MgrFf-0006e6-Tg; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:31:44 -0400 Original-Received: from relay11.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.46]) by tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id n7S2VXMK002821; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:31:40 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay11.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.20] [10.29.19.20]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:31:40 +0900 Original-Received: from dhlpc061 ([10.114.112.173] [10.114.112.173]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:31:40 +0900 Original-Received: by dhlpc061 (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 3814852E1EE; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:31:40 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <87bpm0zps7.fsf@mail.jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:35:04 +0300") Original-Lines: 16 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) 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:114717 Archived-At: Juri Linkov writes: >> 11. WDOT? Is this a good idea in general or not? If so, do you have >> a good idea for an implementation of #9? > > Cua-mode uses a short delay (`cua-prefix-override-inhibit-delay') to decide > between interpreting a key as a prefix key or using its own binding. Note that this sort of test is notoriously flaky, and should only be used if there's no other choice. It's far, far, better, to simply avoid the ambiguity in the first place. -miles -- History, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.