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[nongnu] elpa/devil 025dd94657: Discuss key lengths in FAQ for non-sticky keys |
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Sun, 30 Jul 2023 15:59:07 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: elpa/devil
commit 025dd946574144d2c17385cb9a0d8fa9fc2f9318
Author: Susam Pal <susam@susam.net>
Commit: Susam Pal <susam@susam.net>
Discuss key lengths in FAQ for non-sticky keys
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MANUAL.org | 19 +++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/MANUAL.org b/MANUAL.org
index 0eaffd5331..41ef50cd31 100644
--- a/MANUAL.org
+++ b/MANUAL.org
@@ -782,23 +782,26 @@ and preferences.
of =, x , f= to invoke =C-x C-f=?
Devil does not support sticky keys. Say, Devil were to translate
- =, x f= to =C-x C-f=, how then would we invoke =C-x f=? We need
+ =, x f= to =C-x C-f=, how would we invoke =C-x f= then? We need
some way to disambiguate between =C-x C-f= and =C-x f=. Different
tools take different approaches to disambiguate the two key
sequences. God-mode translates =x f= to =C-x C-f= and =x SPC f=
- to =C-x f=. That is, God-mode treats the =C-= modifier as sticky
- by default but when we want to make it non-sticky, we need to type
- =SPC= in god-mode.
+ to =C-x f=, i.e., God-mode treats the =C-= modifier as sticky by
+ default but when we want to make it non-sticky, we need to type
+ =SPC= in god-mode. This makes some key sequences like =C-x C-f=
+ shorter to type but some other key sequences like =C-x f= longer
+ to type.
Devil treats the Devil key as non-sticky, so that there is no need
for additional peculiar rules to switch between sticky and
non-sticky behaviour to disambiguate key sequences like =C-x C-f=
and =C-x f=. With Devil =, x , f= translates to =C-x C-f= and
similarly =, x f= translates to =C-x f=. The translation rules
- are simpler at the cost of a little additional typing. In most
- cases, Devil requires typing an additional comma that one might
- have avoided if the comma were sticky. This little additional
- typing becomes muscle memory in no time.
+ are simpler at the cost of a little additional typing in some
+ cases. In most such cases, Devil requires typing an additional
+ comma that one could have avoided if the comma were sticky.
+ However, in other cases, Devil eliminates the need to type an
+ extra key to make the modifier key non-sticky.
04. Are there some things that are easier to do with Devil than
god-mode?
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