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Re: @#$! new behavior of C-b & C-f in i-search
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David Kastrup |
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Re: @#$! new behavior of C-b & C-f in i-search |
Date: |
20 May 2004 12:48:54 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 |
Kenichi Handa <address@hidden> writes:
> In article <address@hidden>, David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
> >> There is no doubt that functions to modify the search
> >> string character-wise should have dedicated key bindings.
> >> But it became apparent that C-f and C-b are quite intrusive.
> >> Luckily, C-M-w and C-M-y are no less convenient to type,
>
> > Disagree. On many keyboards you have no Meta key, and even on those
> > that do, you need two hands to reach that combination.
>
> We anyway use two hands to type C-b,
You do? I usually type C-b with just the left hand, and I guess that
would be the usual way for touch typists. Or sometimes I do just with
the right, in case I am busy with the left hand eating or something.
> but I agree C-M-w and C-M-y are very inconvenient keys.
> > I think that the search string modifying is more important feature
> > than search exiting via C-f and C-b.
>
> To me, their importance are almost the same, and I prefer convient
> keys to keys of meaningful mnemonic. So, I'm using adjoining C-i
> and C-o for isearch-del-char and isearch-yank-char recently. This
> is quite convenient at least for me (I have been using C-q C-i to
> isearch for TAB). What do you think?
Well, considering that the right control key on today's keyboards is
rather small if at all existent, those are definitely less convenient
than C-f and C-b.
> And, i(n) and o(ut) may give some meaning to these keys.
But I think it rather common to be searching for TAB characters in
isearch strings, particularly in regexps.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
- @#$! new behavior of C-b & C-f in i-search, Miles Bader, 2004/05/18
- Re: @#$! new behavior of C-b & C-f in i-search, Juri Linkov, 2004/05/18
- Re: @#$! new behavior of C-b & C-f in i-search, Karl Fogel, 2004/05/18
- Re: @#$! new behavior of C-b & C-f in i-search, Kai Grossjohann, 2004/05/18
- Re: @#$! new behavior of C-b & C-f in i-search, Kevin Rodgers, 2004/05/20
- Re: @#$! new behavior of C-b & C-f in i-search, David Kastrup, 2004/05/20
- Re: @#$! new behavior of C-b & C-f in i-search, Peter Lee, 2004/05/20
- Re: @#$! new behavior of C-b & C-f in i-search, Juri Linkov, 2004/05/24
Re: @#$! new behavior of C-b & C-f in i-search, Robert J. Chassell, 2004/05/18
Re: @#$! new behavior of C-b & C-f in i-search, Richard Stallman, 2004/05/18