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Re: Emacs completion matches selection UI
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Ted Zlatanov |
Subject: |
Re: Emacs completion matches selection UI |
Date: |
Wed, 18 Dec 2013 12:18:48 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.130008 (Ma Gnus v0.8) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
On Wed, 18 Dec 2013 19:05:50 +0200 Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
>> From: Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden>
>> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 11:38:09 -0500
>>
>> >> * ESC or C-g should cancel the selection
>>
EZ> The ESC part is un-Emacsy: ESC is needed for meta characters, so it
EZ> cannot be eaten. I suggest ESC ESC ESC instead, which is the accepted
EZ> alternative to C-g in many other places.
>>
>> What meta characters make sense when you're selecting candidates from a
>> list?
EZ> E.g., many TTYs emit escape sequences from arrow keys. M-p and M-n
EZ> also come to mind. And of course, Emacs users can customize keys, so
EZ> any function one needs for browsing the candidates could potentially
EZ> be bound to some meta character.
Good points, I agree `ESC ESC ESC' is a better choice.
Ted
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