Re: [Orgmode] Re: POLL: Change of keys to move agenda through time

[Carsten Dominik]

Hi everyone,

I tend to agree with the arguments that "n" and "p" should move
vertically in the agenda buffer, because many Emacs modes do
it like this.

So it seem to me that this discussion should focus on which keys should
move the agenda forward and backward in time.

- Carsten

On Aug 25, 2009, at 1:37 PM, Benjamin Andresen wrote:

> Hey Bastien,
>
> Bastien <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Benjamin Andresen <address@hidden> writes:
> > > But "n" and "p" are already used to move up and down entries in the
> > > org-agenda.
> > > Where would they go to then?
> >
> > C-n and C-p, like in any Emacs buffer?
>
> Sure. That's a given. But they seem to be the fallback, IMO.
>
> As Leo wrote: ibuffer, gnus, dired & others all use 'n' for next
> line and 'p' for previous line.
>
> And with the recent mark and unmark feature inspired by dired, doing
> what it does, seems intuitive as far as emacs goes.
>
> Another example I can think of:
>  epa-list-keys uses 'n' and 'p' and 'm' and 'u' for the same things
>  as dired and ibuffer.
>
> Basically it's the Principle Of Least Surprise. "n", "p" doing what it
> does now falls under it for me, based on all the other software I use.
>
> br,
> benny
>
>
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