> I would like a small group to organize to make a plan for what to do
> with M-g, and discuss the question outside of this list. Would those
> who want to do this please do so?
We can just postpone this discussion to after the release.
We could, but that's not quite the issue.
Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I would rather put this aside until after the release.
I was hoping we could at least add the "candidates" from my list before
the release. New bindings for previous-error and next-error would be
immediately useful and everyone involved in the discu
Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Now that Richard has changed M-g to be a prefix key, can we
> implement this plan?
>
> I would rather put this aside until after the release.
Discussing the full population of this binding, I might agree here.
However, part of this proposal w
Now that Richard has changed M-g to be a prefix key, can we implement
this plan?
I would rather put this aside until after the release.
I would like a small group to organize to make a plan
for what to do with M-g, and discuss the question outside
of this list. Would those who want to do
Stefan Monnier wrote on 18 Mar 2005 14:58:48 +0100:
> Huh? I'd never have expected someone to actually suggest an interactive key
> binding for goto-char. But I now see that it even has a menu-bar entry.
> What in the world for?
Some compilers (eg ocaml) reports errors with character numbers i
>> M-g c - goto-char
Huh? I'd never have expected someone to actually suggest an interactive key
binding for goto-char. But I now see that it even has a menu-bar entry.
What in the world for?
I also see that the docstring of goto-char is wrong. How about the
patch below?
> M-g b - go
Romain Francoise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>>> M-g n - next-error (goto-next-locus)
>>> M-g M-n - next-error (goto-next-locus)
>>> M-g p - previous-error
>>> M-g M-p - previous-error
>
>> Most definitely YES!
>
> I would also like to see
David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> M-g n - next-error (goto-next-locus)
>> M-g M-n - next-error (goto-next-locus)
>> M-g p - previous-error
>> M-g M-p - previous-error
> Most definitely YES!
I would also like to see `first-error' there while we're at it. So how
about:
M-g
Romain Francoise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Juri Linkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> I see `goto-line' finally bound to M-g in CVS. Good news!
>> After such a big change, it is time now for a few improvements.
Of course Juri is being facetious. The binding of M-g was a small
change as co
Juri Linkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I see `goto-line' finally bound to M-g in CVS. Good news!
> After such a big change, it is time now for a few improvements.
Now that Richard has changed M-g to be a prefix key, can we implement
this plan?
We already have:
M-g M-g - goto-line
M-g g
| Jari Aalto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|
| > | >David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| > | > no previous desire, not fitting the feature
| > | > freeze. Is this a plot to distract people from releasing?
| > |
| > | IMO, it is a reasonable opportunity to DTRT before locking M-g down as
| >
Andreas Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Romain Francoise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>> It would be somewhat consistent with typical Emacs applications if the
>>> file name was prompted for only when a prefix argument was given.
>>
>> Unfortu
Romain Francoise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> It would be somewhat consistent with typical Emacs applications if the
>> file name was prompted for only when a prefix argument was given.
>
> Unfortunately, the prefix argument is already used to jump t
On Thu, Mar 10 2005, Miles Bader wrote:
> Of course the usefulness of Gnus' local binding will have to be
> re-evaluated with the new global binding in mind (the old global
> binding of M-g was not at all useful for Gnus).
I don't think that goto-line (and friends) are important enough *in
Gnus*
David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It would be somewhat consistent with typical Emacs applications if the
> file name was prompted for only when a prefix argument was given.
Unfortunately, the prefix argument is already used to jump to the file
in another window.
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Jari Aalto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> | >David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> | > no previous desire, not fitting the feature
> | > freeze. Is this a plot to distract people from releasing?
> |
> | IMO, it is a reasonable opportunity to DTRT before locking M-g down as
> | a single comm
Piet van Oostrum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kim F. Storm) (KFS) wrote:
>
>>KFS> David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Juri Linkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 2. goto-line is not too frequent command to deserve the sole
> M-g key. There are many
Romain Francoise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Juri Linkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> It would be useful to move `dired-jump' to dired.el and to modify it
>> to ask the file name with the default set to buffer-file-name (or to
>> create a new similar function and bind it to M-g f).
>
> I can
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 10:18:49 +0100, Piet van Oostrum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >KFS> Huh? M-g was a prefix key before the change...
>
> Was it? In gnus it is bound to gnus-summary-rescan-group. At least in the
> version a month or so ago.
Yup. You're allowed to bind over prefix keys... :-)
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kim F. Storm) (KFS) wrote:
>KFS> David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> Juri Linkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>>
2. goto-line is not too frequent command to deserve the sole
M-g key. There are many other goto-related commands that could
share the
| >David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| > no previous desire, not fitting the feature
| > freeze. Is this a plot to distract people from releasing?
|
| IMO, it is a reasonable opportunity to DTRT before locking M-g down as
| a single command-key only.
Juri made interesting suggestings, an
Juri Linkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It would be useful to move `dired-jump' to dired.el and to modify it
> to ask the file name with the default set to buffer-file-name (or to
> create a new similar function and bind it to M-g f).
I can second the suggestion to move `dired-jump' to dired.el
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Johan Bockgård) writes:
> Indeed not. It's called `dired-jump' (bound to C-x C-j when dired-x
> is loaded).
It is good as a global binding, but it has one limitation: it can't jump
to an arbitrary file, it jumps only to buffer-file-name when called
not from a dired buffer. It w
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kim F. Storm) writes:
> One command I use quite often is "find-file-and-line-near-point"
> which takes something like FILE:LINE "near" the cursor and jumps to
> LINE in FILE.
This is what `goto-line' is supposed to do. Since it was already
completely modified recently with the
I think I will move the goto-line binding to M-g M-g,
making it a prefix key, so that in the future we can
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Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Actually I often want to jump to a file's dired entry while visiting
> the file. It's not like it's all _that_ hard to do now (just do `C-x
> C-f RET' to visit the cur directory, and look for the file), but the
> concept is not completely absurd.
Indeed n
Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 23:34:54 +0100, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> It seems absurd to have dired-goto-file as a global binding.
>
> Actually I often want to jump to a file's dired entry while visiting
> the file. It's not like it's all _that_
On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 23:34:54 +0100, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It seems absurd to have dired-goto-file as a global binding.
Actually I often want to jump to a file's dired entry while visiting
the file. It's not like it's all _that_ hard to do now (just do `C-x
C-f RET' to visit t
Romain Francoise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Juri Linkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> M-g could display a message:
>
>> Go to: line, M-g = line, char, file, next error, prev error, Other...
>
>> and have a keymap with the following key bindings:
>
>> M-g M-g - goto-line
>> M-g l - goto
Juri Linkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> M-g could display a message:
> Go to: line, M-g = line, char, file, next error, prev error, Other...
> and have a keymap with the following key bindings:
> M-g M-g - goto-line
> M-g l - goto-line
> M-g c - goto-char
> M-g f - dired-goto-fi
Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> My proposal for an C-x ` alternative would be C-x ? which appears to
>> be free at the moment. ? is a frequent character in all languages I
>> know, and so it should be more accessible than ` on most keyboards.
>> It also is connotated with "error" somew
David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Juri Linkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> 2. goto-line is not too frequent command to deserve the sole
>> M-g key. There are many other goto-related commands that could
>> share the same mnemonics and have the common M-g prefix key.
>
> Forget it. N
> My proposal for an C-x ` alternative would be C-x ? which appears to
> be free at the moment. ? is a frequent character in all languages I
> know, and so it should be more accessible than ` on most keyboards.
> It also is connotated with "error" somewhat.
That's really no better than C-x ` so w
Juri Linkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I see `goto-line' finally bound to M-g in CVS. Good news! After
> such a big change, it is time now for a few improvements.
Can you spell "Can-Of-Worms"? Can you spell "feature freeze"?
> 1. Before this change, font-lock-fontify-block was bound to `M-
Juri Linkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 2. goto-line is not too frequent command to deserve the sole
> M-g key. There are many other goto-related commands that could
> share the same mnemonics and have the common M-g prefix key.
Brilliant ideas!! I second ALL of your suggestions.
One command
On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 09:05:33 +0200, Juri Linkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2. goto-line is not too frequent command to deserve the sole
> M-g key. There are many other goto-related commands that could
> share the same mnemonics and have the common M-g prefix key.
Hmmm, not a bad idea. I especi
I see `goto-line' finally bound to M-g in CVS. Good news!
After such a big change, it is time now for a few improvements.
1. Before this change, font-lock-fontify-block was bound to `M-g M-g'.
Now it is bound to `M-o M-g'. I suspect that the reason to bind it
to `M-g M-g' was to make it easier t
> It's called "jugement"...
Some people may also use the word "judgement"...
Egg
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On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 22:15:12 +0100, Kim F. Storm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > How about making goto-line suggest the number at point
> > as its default argument?
>
> I thought we had a feature freeze :-|
It's called "jugement"...
[Massive hacking of display code (or even, really, minor hacking
Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> How about making goto-line suggest the number at point
> as its default argument?
I thought we had a feature freeze :-|
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Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 21:22:28 +0100, Johan Bockgård
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > I really wish it weren't M-o but M-g instead.
>>
>> Maybe i misunderstood, but it looked to me like RMS did agree to use
>> M-g:
>>
>> Jari> Is there no hope to see
On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 21:22:28 +0100, Johan Bockgård
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I really wish it weren't M-o but M-g instead.
>
> Maybe i misunderstood, but it looked to me like RMS did agree to use
> M-g:
>
> Jari> Is there no hope to see the 'facemenu-keymap moved to
> Jari> another k
Stefan Monnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Also it looks like `goto-line' will get a convenient key-binding
>> (M-o)... :-/
>
> I really wish it weren't M-o but M-g instead.
Maybe i misunderstood, but it looked to me like RMS did agree to use
M-g:
Jari> Is there no hope to see the 'faceme
On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 18:45:32 -0500, Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How about making goto-line suggest the number at point
> as its default argument?
That seems very convenient!
I think it may also be convenient if, point is not on a number, use
the first number on the current line
How about making goto-line suggest the number at point
as its default argument?
(defun goto-line (arg &optional buffer)
"Goto line ARG, counting from line 1 at beginning of buffer.
With just C-u as argument, move point in the most recently displayed
other buffer, and display it."
(interactive
> What I suggested was a simple command to pick up a numeral
> from any buffer,
> regardless of what the numeral might mean in that buffer. It would be
> rudimentary, but would do at least what people are doing with
> `goto-line',
> without requiring them to key in the line
"Drew Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > it might be generally useful to have a command that picks up the
> > line-number from the text at point (whenever that text can be
> > parsed as a numeral) and does `goto-line' in buffer
> > `(other-buffer (current-buffer) t)'.
>
> W
Drew Adams wrote:
Looking at the code for compilation-minor-mode (as I'm inexperienced with
it), I see no connection with what I suggested. That mode appears to work
only in buffers that can be parsed to work with next-error etc.
What I suggested was a simple command to pick up a numeral from any b
> it might be generally useful to have a command that picks up the
> line-number from the text at point (whenever that text can be
> parsed as a numeral) and does `goto-line' in buffer
> `(other-buffer (current-buffer) t)'.
We already have that, it's compilation-minor-mode.
Lo
"Drew Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It wouldn't help with a Web page display, of course (unless the page were
> viewed in Emacs), but it sounds from your use case as if it might be
> generally useful to have a command that picks up the line-number from the
> text at point (whenever that tex
| Is there no hope to see the 'facemenu-keymap moved to another key and have
| the goto-line solely for M-g?
|
| What other key do you suggest? M-o would be ok, if people want.
M-o is fine and looks well accessible.
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I believe that
text/enriched should be updated for RFC 1896. (Assuming that this is
still the most up to date standard. It was when I last checked.)
Importantly, other formats should be supported.
I would very much appreciate that work.
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Is there no hope to see the 'facemenu-keymap moved to another key and have
the goto-line solely for M-g?
What other key do you suggest? M-o would be ok, if people want.
If we go that lane, it will more probably
require opening a modifier like "super" or "alt" for it. Most
On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 14:54:30 +0100, Alfred M. Szmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> C-u C-u C-l to recenter at a specific line (if it is just C-u C-u
>> C-l, then prompt the user, if C-u C-u 100 C-l then recenter at
>> line 100)? I think this is quite nice, makes sense keybinding
>>
On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 21:23:50 +0100, Gaetan Leurent
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> I think `C-x g´ or `C-M-g´ is a good choice for the default binding, and
> anyway people will just redefine it somewhere if they want to (I have it
> on M-g and I think I'll keep that binding).
C-x bindings are much ea
Johan Bockgård wrote on 02 Mar 2005 20:01:27 +0100:
>> I'd vote for `C-x g' or `C-M-g'.
>
> C-M-g may not work in a terminal/console.
We already have C-M-% that doesn't work in a terminal.
If you need to use one of those functions in a terminal, you just define
them on some other key and that's
C-M-g may not work in a terminal/console.
C-g should work, which is the same.
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Reiner Steib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'd vote for `C-x g' or `C-M-g'.
C-M-g may not work in a terminal/console.
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Example: How would students/designers use Emacs for PHP coding,
where the remote site displays error messages and line numbers
in a web page?
Not to distract you all from the burning issue of `M-g', but how about a
poor-man's compile buffer? If the target line number is already display
> CC: Eli Zaretskii <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jari Aalto+mail.emacs)
> Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 10:31:13 +0200
>
> | > Please, we had an extremely prolonged discussion about this not long
> | > ago, let's not have it again!
> |
> | I agree. Its only worth
> C-x g is also bad, it has a already existing keybinding since a
> long time.
>
> C-u C-u C-l, C-x C-g, C-s NN, all seem like good candidates. Can
> some Emacs developer just pick one, and define it to goto-line
> and kill this stupid thread?
IMHO, `C-x C-g' is a bad choice,
On Wed, Mar 02 2005, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
> C-x g is also bad, it has a already existing keybinding since a long
> time.
>
> C-u C-u C-l, C-x C-g, C-s NN, all seem like good candidates. Can some
> Emacs developer just pick one, and define it to goto-line and kill
> this stupid thread?
IMHO, `
For example on my system gdb mode has problems finding the right
header files when stepping through code, so I have to go to those
lines manually.
Then this is a bug in gdb-mode, not the fault of a missing keybinding.
Could people stop arguing why a keybinding is needed for goto-line? I
|Would anyone really consider facemenu-keymap to be more important,
|more essential than the primitive goto-line functionality?
|
| Yes, the majority doesn't do PHP programming.
That paragraph does not say anything about any particular use of
programming languages. Please understand that
|goto-line is so often used (when you need it; like during PHP
|coding)
|
| You have only noted PHP as needing goto-line, this doesn't warrant
| binding it globally. What about binding M-g in php-mode to goto-line?
I presented several examples. Please refer to other posts. The sources fo
On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 14:52:07 +0100, Alfred M. Szmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>goto-line is so often used (when you need it; like during PHP
>coding)
>
> You have only noted PHP as needing goto-line, this doesn't warrant
> binding it globally. What about binding M-g in php-mode to goto-
Arguing "you should follow the true path of enlightenment because I
know better than you" is just ridiculous,
Look, you obviously didn't read anything of what I wrote, I never
argued or implied that one shouldn't bind a key to goto-line; I even
suggested that it _should_ be bound to a key.
Would anyone really consider facemenu-keymap to be more important,
more essential than the primitive goto-line functionality?
Yes, the majority doesn't do PHP programming.
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> C-u C-u C-l to recenter at a specific line (if it is just C-u C-u
> C-l, then prompt the user, if C-u C-u 100 C-l then recenter at
> line 100)? I think this is quite nice, makes sense keybinding
> wise.
Two C-u's plus a number...? That seems pretty convoluted...
Why do you thin
> have M-g as goto-line or else". I really feel that the use of
> goto-line to warrant a single char key binding is overblown--specially
> for a single keystroke binding!; if people use it that often then one
> should write a proper mode for Emacs to ease whatever one is doing
> instead of introdu
goto-line is so often used (when you need it; like during PHP
coding)
You have only noted PHP as needing goto-line, this doesn't warrant
binding it globally. What about binding M-g in php-mode to goto-line?
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jari Aalto+mail.linux) writes:
> |Nobody explained good arguments why current M-g is immovable?
> |
> | ,
> | | http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2004-03/msg00642.html
> | | From: Richard Stallman
> | |
> | | "I want Emacs to move in the direction of doing
In today's GNU Emacs CVS snapshot, Wed, 2005 Mar 2 11:50 UTC
GNU Emacs 22.0.50.13 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.6.2)
started with
/usr/local/src/emacs/src/emacs -Q
M-o is undefined;
C-x C-g is undefined;
C-x g runs the command insert-register-compatibility-binding.
Alfred M. Szmi
"Alfred M. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> But what is wrong with C-x ~ for example?
This is a rather suboptimal choice because ~ is difficult to type on many
keyboards. Personally, I have put goto-line on [f1] already a very long
time ago and don't care about any default binding.
Andreas
On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 12:30:31 +0100, Alfred M. Szmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> C-u C-u C-l to recenter at a specific line (if it is
> just C-u C-u C-l, then prompt the user, if C-u C-u 100 C-l then
> recenter at line 100)? I think this is quite nice, makes sense
> keybinding wise.
Two C-u's pl
|Nobody explained good arguments why current M-g is immovable?
|
| ,
| | http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2004-03/msg00642.html
| | From: Richard Stallman
| |
| | "I want Emacs to move in the direction of doing word processing. It
| | may take years, but we will get there.
| The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
| that has been posted to gmane.emacs.devel as well.
|
| Once again, I suggest C-x g as a binding for goto-line. The old C-x g
| binding is still available as C-x r g, if I'm not mistaken.
goto-line is so often used (when you need it; like
Nobody explained good arguments why current M-g is immovable?
,
| http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2004-03/msg00642.html
| From: Richard Stallman
|
| "I want Emacs to move in the direction of doing word processing. It
| may take years, but we will get there. Then commands to
Once again, I suggest C-x g as a binding for goto-line. The old C-x g
binding is still available as C-x r g, if I'm not mistaken.
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* Alfred M. Szmidt (2005-03-02) writes:
>I am using it often when dealing with patches generated with `diff'
>and wanting to look at the original source before applying a patch.
>
> That is what `diff-mode' and C-c C-c (or ) is for. So once
> again, I fail to see what use goto-line has fo
| > Please, we had an extremely prolonged discussion about this not long
| > ago, let's not have it again!
|
| I agree. Its only worth opening again if something has changed since the
| last discussion.
There is really a need to discuss this, because I see daily situations
where we need the got
> Please, we had an extremely prolonged discussion about this not long
> ago, let's not have it again!
Same person started that thread too... :-/
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> Please, we had an extremely prolonged discussion about this not long
> ago, let's not have it again!
I agree. Its only worth opening again if something has changed since the
last discussion.
Nick
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> From: David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 00:35:09 +0100
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
>
> > Please, I have been watching this future over 10 years now and in the mean
> > time hundreds or thousands developers / code writers / designers / students
> > / teachers are all using
Jari Aalto wrote:
"I want Emacs to move in the direction of doing word processing. It
may take years, but we will get there. Then commands to specify faces
will become important, and will need a good key binding.
I chose the M-g binding for that reason, and the reaso
| Since Richard really wants facemenu-keymap as a keybinding, what about
| making a compromise? Bind goto-line to M-o, or bind facemenu-keymap
| to M-o and goto-line to M-g? Or maybe modify a existing keybinding so
| that C-u ... does goto-line (maybe M-g is a candidate for this?)? Or
| bind goto
I am using it often when dealing with patches generated with `diff'
and wanting to look at the original source before applying a patch.
That is what `diff-mode' and C-c C-c (or ) is for. So once
again, I fail to see what use goto-line has for other then in really
awkward situations.
Cheers
Ralf Angeli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> * Alfred M. Szmidt (2005-03-02) writes:
>
>> FWIW, I fail to see why people want goto-line, I never used it,
>> facemenu-keymap atleast has a potential use already, and in the
>> future; whereas goto-line is just a crutch. And I fail to see the
>> fetish
* Alfred M. Szmidt (2005-03-02) writes:
> FWIW, I fail to see why people want goto-line, I never used it,
> facemenu-keymap atleast has a potential use already, and in the
> future; whereas goto-line is just a crutch. And I fail to see the
> fetish people have over keybidnings, specially M-g.
On
Since Richard really wants facemenu-keymap as a keybinding, what about
making a compromise? Bind goto-line to M-o, or bind facemenu-keymap
to M-o and goto-line to M-g? Or maybe modify a existing keybinding so
that C-u ... does goto-line (maybe M-g is a candidate for this?)? Or
bind goto-line to s
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jari Aalto+mail.emacs) writes:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2004-03/msg00642.html
> From: Richard Stallman
>
> "I want Emacs to move in the direction of doing word processing. It
> may take years, but we will get there. Then commands to speci
[please keep CC, I'm not in this list]
I noticed that in CVS lisp/ the M-g mapping reads:
ldefs-boot.el: (define-key global-map "\M-g" 'facemenu-keymap)
A while ago there was a long discussion:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2004-03/msg00642.html
But I dare to open this que
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