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From: | Dmitry Gutov |
Subject: | bug#46459: 28.0.50; Shared keymap for Git VC dir "Branch" header? |
Date: | Sat, 13 Feb 2021 02:50:41 +0200 |
User-agent: | Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.10.0 |
Hi! On 12.02.2021 08:54, Protesilaos Stavrou wrote:
In vc-git.el the header for vc-dir stashes is propertized with its own keymap. This means that while point is over the value of the "Stash:" header, the specified keymap comes into effect, instead of the main one for vc-dir. The latter takes effect when point is anywhere but that header's value. Should this principle be applied to the value of the "Branch" header as well? The attached patch is a proof-of-concept to that end. If you believe this is worth doing, what else do you think should go into such a patch from a usability standpoint?
It seems less obviously useful, given that the stashes list allows one to interact with a particular stash (whether it is to view it or delete it), whereas this keymap should only save the user one S-b key sequence, and only if they figure out to move point to the branch name. I don't really object, though, if people like it.
Speaking of usability, I guess something that would make this feature more discoverable could help, like a button on top of the branch name, and a menu similar to the stashes' one.
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