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Re: Page order in describe-bindings


From: T.V Raman
Subject: Re: Page order in describe-bindings
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 07:09:07 -0800

Makes sense. I also suspect that we now have a far larger number of
minor modes than in the day. One possibility -- in addition to Eli's
suggestion to start with the buffered folded via outlines is to
perhaps have a customization option that simply reverses the order on
user choice.

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 >   > Could we (should we) display major-mode bindings first?
 > 
 > We certainly could.
 > 
 > Here is why I decided to show the minor modes first.
 > (1) minor mode bindings override major mode bindings.
 > (2) minor modes typically did not make many bindinms/
 > Given those facts, the ordering of minor first
 > was natural and convenient.
 > 
 > Perhaps nowadays the facts are different; perhaps the major-first
 > order would be good.  But don't be quick to assume that is generally
 > true.
 > 
 > I have a hunch that the diversity of binding situations is much more now
 > and that developing a good way to show them all might require more thought.
 > 
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