Re: M-g in dired

[David Hansen]

On Thu, 18 May 2006 22:04:57 -0400 Richard Stallman wrote:

>     In most contexts M-g is a prefix key, but in dired it is bound to
>     dired-goto-file.  I often run the command compile while visiting a
>     dired buffer, but cannot jump to errors with M-g M-n as usual.
>
> This binding is a leftover from a time when M-g had a different global
> meaning.  We should get rid of this binding, and move the command to
> another key.

BTW gnus uses M-g too in summary and group buffers.

David