bug#41438: [PATCH] Allow windmove keys to be bound without prefix or modifiers

[Philip Kaludercic]

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
>
>> The code should probably be refactored, moving more of the common
>> functionality into it's own function, but I am primarily wondering if
>> using emulation-mode-map-alists the way I am proposing it here is ok. Or
>> should I prefer minor-mode-map-alist?
>
> Making windmove into a regular (global) minor mode would be less
> surprising, I think, but I'm not really familiar with windmove, and
> whether that would be an easy rewrite?

>From my experience, it should be possible, I'll try preparing a
patch. The only issue is that most people won't realize there is a minor
mode at first, but that should be OK as long as the actual windmove
commands do not depend on said minor mode.

-- 
        Philip K.