Re: Binding F11 and F12 to buffer-switching and file-saving by default

["Jason Spiro" <jasonspiro4@gmail.com>]

2007/1/30, Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>:
> On 1/30/07, Jason Spiro <jasonspiro4@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I suspect that one of the most popular uses of Emacs is programming.
>
> Yeah. That doesn't mean people use compile/recompile. I almost never
> use it, and I do use Emacs to do programming.

I suspect that many *do* use compile/recompile though :)

Could we at least bind compile/recompile to some key combo, even if not to F12?

> > Yes. I wonder if people have ever studied the issue, for example,
> > usability researchers.
>
> A good question.

Anyone know: has anyone ever conducted usability tests on any Emacs? I
suspect there are things we could do to make Emacs and its many modes
easier to learn. :-)

> > Yes, but as Stefan mentions in his reply to this message, we should at
> > least bind F11 and F12 to *something*.
>
> I don't agree. Free, simple keys are a relatively scarce resource. I'd
> rather keep them for users.

We can bind them in a way that makes users' customizations always
override the defaults. This is what was done already with the F1 key.

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