From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Keybinding nit Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:38:41 -0600 Organization: IHS Message-ID: References: <85d58p7hyu.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87zmbti4zh.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87iri9b8de.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1161812404 24890 80.91.229.2 (25 Oct 2006 21:40:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:40:04 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 25 23:40:02 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GcqTf-0006a9-89 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:39:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GcqTe-0004He-Dx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:39:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GcqTL-0004DR-Ty for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:39:40 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GcqTL-0004Af-2x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:39:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GcqTK-0004AJ-SC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:39:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GcqTJ-0006Ms-Mf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:39:39 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GcqT7-0006Ur-Cd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:39:25 +0200 Original-Received: from 207.167.42.206 ([207.167.42.206]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:39:25 +0200 Original-Received: from ihs_4664 by 207.167.42.206 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:39:25 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 23 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.167.42.206 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) In-Reply-To: <87iri9b8de.fsf@catnip.gol.com> 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:61172 Archived-At: Miles Bader wrote: > Kevin Rodgers writes: >>> Indeed, even MOD + NO-MOD sequences can be a problem, as it's quite easy >>> to mis-time releasing the modifier key when typing quickly (I very often >>> mistype "C-x b" as "C-x C-b"); MOD + DIFFERENT-MOD would be even worse. >> That all makes perfect sense, but in actual practice I find that there >> are commands I use frequently use that aren't bound to keys, and that >> the most mnemonic, available keys are C- Shift- sequences. > > Well of course your MMV. Still I think it's sufficient reason to be > cautious about using such key sequences in _default_ bindings. Agreed. >> I learned to touch type in 9th or 10th grade, but I guess I don't type >> as quickly as you! > > Or I'm just much more clumsy ... :-) :-) -- Kevin