Re: [CVS] f7, f8 bound..

[Kim F. Storm]

Juanma Barranquero <address@hidden> writes:

> On 27 Aug 2002 10:55:15 +0200, address@hidden (Kim F. Storm) wrote:
> 
> > But its so much simpler to use...  
> 
> Yeah, but...
> 
> > In any case, I haven't removed the old bindings, just *supplemented*
> > them with a much more efficient interfaces based on using two function
> > keys.
> 
> ...why not bind `kmacro-start-macro-or-insert-counter',
> `kmacro-end-or-call-macro', etc. to "C-x something" and let the user
> bind them to F7/F8, F3/F4 or whatever?

I really don't understand why binding function keys by default is
worth making a fuzz about. 

f1, f2, and f10 are already bound, I don't see why binding f3 and f4
should upset anyone (as it obviously does).

There's nothing preventing a user (even a novice user) from changing
the default bindings, but what's wrong with providing default bindings
which makes emacs easier to use?

> 
> You can even recommend the F7/F8 interface in kmacro comments, or supply
> a kmacro-set-bindings function where user-chosen keys can be passed (à
> la windmove-default-keybindings), etc...

I did that originally, but removed it since the new C-x C-k bindings
are better than the original bindings (which included M-f7, C-f8, S-f8
etc).


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Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk