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Re: Current mode command discovery
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: Current mode command discovery |
Date: |
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 19:06:28 +0200 |
> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 17:28:38 +0100
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > Thus, to use this new command, the user should know, up front, that he
> > or she wants to _invoke_ some command from the set of those applicable
> > to the current modes. I'm wondering how will users know that.
>
> When I'm in some new and strange mode, and I know that I want to do
> something with the data there, then getting a list of those commands,
> and then being able to execute them seems convenient.
Strangely enough, when _I_ am in some new and strange mode, I read its
documentation, and if that's not enough, read its code. To each one
their own...
> > Then how about if we stop mentioning M-x in this thread? It is
> > utterly confusing to mention M-x when we actually are talking about
> > something else. Some of the suggestions voiced here made me nervous
> > because I thought people were suggesting changes in how M-x works; now
> > I'm relieved to learn that no change to M-x's MO was meant.
>
> It's a new M-x-like command, but with a different predicate. I don't
> think you'll find people are going to stop mentioning M-x here.
Too bad.
- Re: Current mode command discovery, (continued)
Re: Current mode command discovery, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/14
- Re: Current mode command discovery, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/02/14
- Re: Current mode command discovery, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/14
- Re: Current mode command discovery, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/02/14
- Re: Current mode command discovery, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/15
- Re: Current mode command discovery, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/02/16
- Re: Current mode command discovery, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/16
- Re: Current mode command discovery, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/02/16
- Re: Current mode command discovery,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: Current mode command discovery, Basil L. Contovounesios, 2021/02/16
- Re: Current mode command discovery, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/02/16
- Re: Current mode command discovery, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/16
- Re: Current mode command discovery, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/02/16
- Re: Current mode command discovery, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/16
- Re: Current mode command discovery, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/02/16
- Re: Current mode command discovery, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/16
- Re: Current mode command discovery, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/02/16
- Re: Current mode command discovery, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/16
- Re: Current mode command discovery, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/02/16