Re: Suggestion to change the behavior of M-r

[Deniz Dogan]

2009/8/13 Deniz Dogan <address@hidden>:
> 2009/8/12 Juri Linkov <address@hidden>:
>>> I'm guessing that no one is interested after all, but for convenience
>>> I tried compiling a couple of patches for this change: one which adds
>>> this functionality to lisp/window.el (and also binds it to M-r) and
>>> one which updates etc/NEWS if it needs to be documented there.
>>
>> I think M-r is a bad key for window-related functionality.  It is
>> usually associated with search.  For example, we have a plan to use M-r
>> in comint mode to start Isearch (see bug#3746).
>>
>
> M-r is already bound to move-to-window-line by default, my patch
> merely overrides it with a binding to move-to-window-line-top-bottom.
>

Which reminds me that none of the patches in my original post removes
the M-r binding from the original move-to-window-line... If anyone
decides that this patch is a good idea should try to remember to
remove that binding.

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Deniz Dogan