On Wednesday, June 16, 2004 at 14:13:06, Matthieu Moy wrote:
> Robert Widhopf-Fenk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> >> > Probably a good general convention would be
> >> >
> >> > * Capital letters => prefix for other commands
> >> >
> >> > * Lower-case letters => commands.
> >> >
> >> > That's mainly how Gnus works.
> >> 
> >> That is a good strategy.
> >
> > Hmm, why is it good? ;c)
> 
> Well, the idea behind this is
> 
> * Commands that you run regularly should be 1 single key. (No
>   shift, ...)

This instantly triggers: What do you consider regularly?
Following some of the discussions on gnu-arch-users and how
my commit, missing, update/merge/pick behavior changed ... I
am not really sure anymore was regularly means.

[...]
> One other thought: We're forgetting the control and meta keys that
> could also be usefull in xtla modes.

Please do not introduce them.  I work with three different
keyboards, and it is enough that z/y are not the same on
all, using keys not in the range [a-x0-9] really is a PITA.
All the modifiers are located on different positions on each
key board, essentially only [a-x0-9] and (when xmodmaped)
Shift are at common locations.  C-c is a good thing for log
buffers etc., but in all other buffers where we are not
supposed to edit text, but to execute commands, please use
as few modifiers as possible ;c) 

Robert

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