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RE: Rethinking count-words-region
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Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: Rethinking count-words-region |
Date: |
Sat, 8 Oct 2011 14:33:14 -0700 |
> A good way to make more available keybindings is to turn an
> existing key into the key prefix like:
>
> `M-= =' count-stats
> `M-= w' count-words
> `M-= l' count-lines
> `M-= c' count-chars
>
> `M-= r w' count-region-words
> `M-= r l' count-region-lines
> `M-= r c' count-region-chars
Not _that_ key (`M-='), anyway.
Which part of this did you not understand:
d> This is a waste of:
d> (a) a good, repeatable chord (just hold it down),
d> (b) one that is also usable in a terminal (via `ESC ='), and
d> (c) one that is mnemonic for lots of things that involve _equality_
d> or _comparison_. `=' is not mnemonic for _counting_ anything.
E.g., I personally use `C-=' as a prefix key, so I agree with you about the
value of that. But I use it for commands that _compare_ something:
C-= w compare-windows
C-= d diff
C-= f ediff-files
C-= e ediff-files
C-= b ediff-buffers
(And yes, I do feel wasteful that I use a repeatable key, `C-=', for commands
that do not take advantage of its repeatability. But anyway, those are my own
bindings, not default bindings for Emacs.)
Similarly, M-= would be something to use for a set of commands that compare
things or that otherwise involve equality. But certainly not for commands that
_count_.
FWIW, I'm not against a command that counts several different things at once. I
don't think it deserves/needs a default key binding, however - users can bind it
if they wish.
And I certainly don't think that we need to waste multiple key sequences, by
default, for various counting commands. (Seven key sequences!? Even on a
prefix key that's a waste.)
It's not just because we _can_ bind some key that we should or we have to. Far
from it. Leave `M-=' for a good future use. Leave it for users, for now.
Just one opinion, of course.
- Re: Rethinking count-words-region, (continued)
- Re: Rethinking count-words-region, Andreas Röhler, 2011/10/07
- Re: Rethinking count-words-region, Alan Mackenzie, 2011/10/07
- Re: Rethinking count-words-region, Chong Yidong, 2011/10/08
- Re: Rethinking count-words-region, Andreas Röhler, 2011/10/08
- Re: Rethinking count-words-region, Juri Linkov, 2011/10/08
- RE: Rethinking count-words-region, Drew Adams, 2011/10/08
- Re: Rethinking count-words-region, Juri Linkov, 2011/10/08
- RE: Rethinking count-words-region,
Drew Adams <=
- Re: Rethinking count-words-region, chad, 2011/10/08
- RE: Rethinking count-words-region, Drew Adams, 2011/10/08