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Re: New keybinding suggestion: C-x _ for `shrink-window'
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Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
Re: New keybinding suggestion: C-x _ for `shrink-window' |
Date: |
Sat, 03 Nov 2007 20:11:03 -0400 |
> "Up is more" is a common analogy. Using it here could be a good idea
> for simplicity's sake. The most common case of changing window
> sizes is with two windows. So it is very convenient to be able
> to specify "more" or "less" without saying which boundary.
Hmm, I'd think + and - would be the most natural here... ?
+ would be good for "up" if there were only one dimension involved.
But we want commands for growing and shrinking, vertically and
horizontally. Just + and - are not enough.
E.g. + and - for simple "increase/decrease size" (I guess it needs to
choose horizontal or vertical, but it could just use the "innermost"
window split) and arrow-keys for "nudge the window border in that
direction".
If using the innermost window split is good enough as regards the
choice of dorection, maybe just + and - are sufficient.
Bastien said:
FWIW, I think making both bi-directional and four-directional behaviors
available from `window-resize' will be somewhat confusing for the user.
I don't agree. If they are clearly different kinds of characters
(like + and - vs arrows), I think users will understand they work
differently.
We could give it a try and see what users think of it.
- RE: New keybinding suggestion: C-x _ for `shrink-window', (continued)
- RE: New keybinding suggestion: C-x _ for `shrink-window', Drew Adams, 2007/11/02
- Re: New keybinding suggestion: C-x _ for `shrink-window', Richard Stallman, 2007/11/02
- Re: New keybinding suggestion: C-x _ for `shrink-window', Miles Bader, 2007/11/03
- Re: New keybinding suggestion: C-x _ for `shrink-window', Bastien, 2007/11/03
- Re: New keybinding suggestion: C-x _ for `shrink-window', Miles Bader, 2007/11/03
- Re: New keybinding suggestion: C-x _ for `shrink-window', Bastien, 2007/11/03
- RE: New keybinding suggestion: C-x _ for `shrink-window', Drew Adams, 2007/11/03
- Re: New keybinding suggestion: C-x _ for `shrink-window', Bastien, 2007/11/03
- Re: New keybinding suggestion: C-x _ for `shrink-window', Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2007/11/03
- Re: New keybinding suggestion: C-x _ for `shrink-window',
Richard Stallman <=
- Re: New keybinding suggestion: C-x _ for `shrink-window', Bastien, 2007/11/04
- RE: New keybinding suggestion: C-x _ for `shrink-window', Drew Adams, 2007/11/05
- Re: New keybinding suggestion: C-x _ for `shrink-window', Bastien, 2007/11/05
- Re: New keybinding suggestion: C-x _ for `shrink-window', Bastien, 2007/11/08
- RE: New keybinding suggestion: C-x _ for `shrink-window', Drew Adams, 2007/11/09
- RE: New keybinding suggestion: C-x _ for `shrink-window', Drew Adams, 2007/11/09
- Re: New keybinding suggestion: C-x _ for `shrink-window', Bastien, 2007/11/10
- RE: New keybinding suggestion: C-x _ for `shrink-window', Drew Adams, 2007/11/11
- Re: New keybinding suggestion: C-x _ for `shrink-window', Bastien, 2007/11/11
- RE: New keybinding suggestion: C-x _ for `shrink-window', Drew Adams, 2007/11/11