Re: Grep key bindings

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Juri Linkov <address@hidden> writes:

  > >>> Not every command needs a binding, and "rgrep" and "lgrep" are quite
  > >>> convenient to use with M-x.
  > >>>
  > >>> Trying to bind _everything_ just reduces the quality of bindings in
  > >>> general.
  > >>
  > >> But I don't propose to bind everything.   Only most frequently used
  > >> commands deserve global key bindings, and grep family of commands
  > >> undoubtedly belong to this category.
  > >
  > > That's quite debatable; I actually use "M-x grep" many many times a day,
  > > but have never felt it needed a binding.
  > 
  > Do you type `M-x compile RET' as often as `M-x grep RET'?
  > I think it needs a key binding as well.

IMO we should have some bindings for compile and debug commands for the
function keys.  

The best would be to default to the function keys that, for example,
Eclipse uses and have an easy way to change all these bindings to the
keys that other popular IDEs use.