From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs mode line suggestions
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:39:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ufxlqm6hu.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <39353809-6edf-4b7e-aae2-e0dd4d614c61@a26g2000prf.googlegroups.com>
> From: Xah <xahlee@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:17:44 -0800 (PST)
>
> > > typically, a user has several user buffers open, and as far as i guess
> > > many programers who use emacs extensively has like hundreds of buffers
> > > open. Cycling them one by one is not much useful.
> >
> > No one in their right mind will cycle buffers. This feature exists if
> > your buffer is one or two away. Anything more than that, you should
> > use the menu-bar's Buffers menu (or select the buffer by its name with
> > C-x b).
>
> So, when clicking on the buffer name, showing a menu is more useful
> than cycling buffer.
As I already said, I disagree: if I need to switch to a buffer that is
just one buffer away in either direction, with the current behavior I
get that in one click. With your suggestion, clicking on the buffer
name would be the same as Buffers from the menu bar, and this
duplication of functionality is a waste of scarce resources, IMO.
> > > switching between modes is not rarely used. I'd estimate it is used
> > > every other hour at least.
> >
> > Please provide some use-cases to back this up. FWIW, I almost never
> > switch the major mode in the same buffer, unless Emacs didn't switch
> > into the right one to begin with, and even then I only do that once in
> > a given buffer.
>
> those who use *scratch*, or create new buffer, or create new file...
> he may need to switch to the righ lang mode.
Usually, creating a new file with C-x C-f already switches on the
right mode. And even if Emacs somehow gets this wrong, it's a
one-time event for that buffer.
> Sometimes when such buffer is used as a scratch, programer may have
> more than one lang inserted into it, and may switch to different
> mode for the right syntax coloring.
Is this frequent usage? I never use Emacs like that, but that's me.
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2008-11-14 23:18 ` emacs mode line suggestions Xah
2008-11-15 1:02 ` xahlee
2008-11-15 9:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2008-11-16 1:54 ` Xah
2008-11-16 18:12 ` Ian Eure
2008-11-18 9:39 ` Kevin Rodgers
2008-11-18 23:25 ` Xavier Maillard
2008-11-16 21:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2008-11-16 18:20 ` Richard Riley
2008-11-16 23:12 ` Ian Eure
2008-11-17 8:37 ` Paul R
2008-11-17 15:45 ` Drew Adams
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2008-11-17 16:11 ` Richard Riley
2008-11-17 18:53 ` Drew Adams
2008-11-17 19:10 ` Richard Riley
2008-11-17 19:57 ` Drew Adams
2008-11-17 20:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2008-11-17 21:42 ` Richard Riley
2008-11-18 0:55 ` Drew Adams
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2008-11-18 1:08 ` Richard Riley
2008-11-18 2:55 ` Drew Adams
2008-11-17 23:37 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-11-18 7:52 ` Paul R
2008-11-18 13:48 ` Alan Mackenzie
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2008-11-16 23:35 ` Richard Riley
2008-11-16 22:45 ` Xah
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2008-11-16 23:17 ` Xah
2008-11-17 20:39 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2008-11-17 23:46 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-11-18 0:31 ` Lennart Borgman
2008-11-18 9:32 ` Kevin Rodgers
2008-11-18 9:58 ` Alan Mackenzie
[not found] ` <mailman.633.1226964831.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-11-18 9:46 ` Fabrice Niessen
[not found] ` <mailman.623.1226954396.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-11-17 22:09 ` Xah
2008-11-18 2:33 ` B. T. Raven
2008-11-18 3:24 ` Xah
2008-11-18 4:58 ` B. T. Raven
2008-11-18 6:54 ` Richard Riley
2008-11-18 4:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
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