Re: New global bindings

[M Jared Finder <jared@hpalace.com>]

Stefan Monnier wrote:
> I have some problems with the new global bindings for C--, C-=, and C-+:
> 1- they're not mentioned in etc/NEWS (it seems none of the face-remap
>     feature is mentioned there).
> 2- (control -) was used for negative prefix arguments, so this is
>     a significant change for oldtimers.
> 3- these are very short key-bindings for a feature that does not seem to
>    require them: you're unlikely to want to do it that frequently.
> 
> Point nb 1 is easy to fix, maybe I can live with nb 3, but nb 2 seems to
> be more problematic.  So I think we need to find some other key-bindings
> for that.  I think a prefix key followed by +, -, and = (repeatable like
> C-x e e e e e, maybe even allowing switching between + and -) is the
> best choice.

As a user, I agree very much with this sentiment.  Very few editors even 
support C-+/C-- zooming; that's generally a viewer binding.  I would be 
happy with C-x C-+/C-x C-- bindings.

   -- MJF