Re: Proposal: new default bindings for winner and windmove

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
> Cc: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>,  Stefan Monnier
>  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 09:50:38 +0300
> 
> >> Thus, I don't think I see any compelling reason not to go ahead with
> >> this change.  I would propose that we now start discussing the specifics
> >> of how to go about doing that (patches, proposed alternative solutions).
> >
> > How's this?
> >
> > +@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.

You don't need to use them if you don't like them.  windmove offers
other, much shorter, bindings as an option.  I don't see a reason to
argue about this aspect of the proposal.