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bug#64868: 29.1; C-x O binding suggestion for (other-window -1)
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#64868: 29.1; C-x O binding suggestion for (other-window -1) |
Date: |
Wed, 2 Aug 2023 14:26:49 +0000 |
> I found a better mapping than C-x o,
> C-x <up> for other-window in the other direction
> C-x <down> for other-window
> works well with C-x <left>/<right>
Again, no, please. Bind these for yourself,
if you like. There's no reason to add them
as default key bindings.
> A lot of mentions on the Internet say Emacs's drawback is the need to
> customize it because the defaults are quirky from a different time
> before keyboard commoditification.
Yes, well, binding C-x up/down by default,
as you suggest, just adds two more quirky
defaults.
Quirky and convenient are in the eyes of
the beholder. Emacs lets you _easily_
get whatever key bindings you like.
Circulez. Il n'y a rien a voir.
> > we should not give this command a key binding
> > at all, not by default. There's no need, since
> > you can easily do it for you
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > without changing any default bindings.
>
> Repeating several C-u -1 C-x o is suboptimal for me.
"For me." That's the point. What's optimal
for user X isn't what user Y wants.
Fortunately, both user X and user Y can get
what they want, _trivially_. Neither X nor
Y need to have their preferences be imposed
on others as default bindings.
"Tell Emacs" what You want, for Yourself,
and your wish is Emacs's command. Immediate,
simple; done.