From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: joakim@verona.se Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Grep key bindings Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:53:50 +0200 Message-ID: References: <4853F884.7000609@gmail.com> <7dbe73ed0806141442h342f8ff0u83863f3980a7e229@mail.gmail.com> <48545D78.8080103@gmail.com> <4854E536.8040407@gmail.com> <87k5gql900.fsf@jurta.org> <878wwp1an8.fsf@jurta.org> <871w2gi58m.fsf@jurta.org> <87d4m0c9md.fsf@jurta.org> <87wsk89byj.fsf@jurta.org> <87bq1ihey5.fsf@jurta.org> <878wwlpa0e.fsf_-_@jurta.org> <87bq1h1dqg.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87iqvpnucx.fsf@jurta.org> <8763rp1chc.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87lk0jj4bb.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1215068063 5002 80.91.229.12 (3 Jul 2008 06:54:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 06:54:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Miles Bader To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 03 08:55:08 2008 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 1KEIif-0000xh-3s for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:55:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46654 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KEIho-0003dI-Gq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:54:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KEIhj-0003cB-Pp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:54:07 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KEIhi-0003bL-IU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:54:07 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50959 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KEIhi-0003bG-FI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:54:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:57670) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KEIhf-0000FV-6O; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:54:03 -0400 Original-Received: from iwfs.imcode.com ([82.115.149.64] helo=gate.verona.se) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KEIhc-0002JW-UX; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:54:01 -0400 Original-Received: from chopper (IDENT:1005@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gate.verona.se (8.13.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id m636rn7e032501; Thu, 3 Jul 2008 08:53:49 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87lk0jj4bb.fsf@jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:42:48 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by mx20.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:100291 Archived-At: Juri Linkov writes: >>>> Not every command needs a binding, and "rgrep" and "lgrep" are quite >>>> convenient to use with M-x. >>>> >>>> Trying to bind _everything_ just reduces the quality of bindings in >>>> general. >>> >>> But I don't propose to bind everything. Only most frequently used >>> commands deserve global key bindings, and grep family of commands >>> undoubtedly belong to this category. >> >> That's quite debatable; I actually use "M-x grep" many many times a day, >> but have never felt it needed a binding. > > Do you type `M-x compile RET' as often as `M-x grep RET'? > I think it needs a key binding as well. +1 All emacs users I know that uses compile binds it to something. My binding is F8. -- Joakim Verona