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Re: PROPOSAL: Repurpose one key and reserve it for third-party packages
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Richard Stallman |
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Re: PROPOSAL: Repurpose one key and reserve it for third-party packages |
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Tue, 09 Feb 2021 01:03:58 -0500 |
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> > However, it would be possible to make M-z M-ANYTHING available for
> > other bindings and reserve them for whatever we wish. That would not
> > conflict with the current meaning of M-z, because meta characters
> > can't be in the buffer.
> Wouldn't it be strange to first be queried for "Zap up to char: " and
> then be expected to type another key to run some command from a
> third-party package?
Yes, it would be -- but we can deal with that.
The promp could say "Next Meta-character, or zap up to char:".
It could wait a second before prompting, so that experienced users
normally would not wait so long before typing the next key.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)
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