Re: Proposal: new default bindings for winner and windmove

[Yuri Khan]

On Tue, 2 Jul 2024 at 13:59, Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> wrote:
> > +@kindex C-x 4 LEFT
> > +@kindex C-x 4 RIGHT
> > +@kindex C-x 4 UP
> > +@kindex C-x 4 DOWN
>
> I can't believe someone might want to use such long key sequences
> for one of the most frequent actions.  It's even longer than
> 'C-x o' it's supposed to improve.  I think there are no better keys
> for switching windows than arrows with a modifier.

My feeling exactly. C-x o is already too long.

Moreover, the modifier involved cannot be a common one, because Shift
is occupied by region selection, Ctrl and Alt with word movement.
Also, the windmove modifier in Emacs needs to be the same as the pane
switching modifier in screen/tmux/kitty and different from that of i3,
and that is something that only the end user can set up for themself.
And I don’t even know a solution for Emacs in a terminal multiplexer,
because there are not enough modifiers.