[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: [PATCH] (Or "question"...) isearch-kill-found
From: |
Lennart Borgman |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] (Or "question"...) isearch-kill-found |
Date: |
Tue, 1 Jun 2010 21:15:05 +0200 |
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>> > Why is not having a key to toggle the variable better?
>>>>> Because keys are in very short supply.
>>>> Not really, for a keymap such as isearch.
>>> Huh? Please suggest free key-bindings, then. Since keys not bound in
>>> isearch-mode-map lead to exiting isearch and running the corresponding
>>> command in the global map, isearch-mode-map is basically just as full as
>>> the global map.
>> I made another suggestion, reuse C-M-h.
>> It will not interfere with the global command in a bad manner I
>> believe. You just have to do it twice in case you want the global
>> binding. I believe it will be easy getting used to it - as long as the
>> region is visible...
>
> Your choice of C-M-h, which has no particular mnemonic or logical
> connection to the functionality you suggest,
Maybe my mnemonics and fuzzy logic are a bit wider then... ;-)
I suggested a key binding that marks something (it is normally
mark-defun) since we (at least I) wanted something to mark the matched
region.
> together with the
> argumentation about how its impact would be bearable, is a vivid proof
> of my argument: keys are in very short supply.
This conclusion is maybe a bit circular since it is the assumption I
started with ;-)