Re: Concern about new binding.

[Sean Whitton]

Hello,

On Tue 09 Feb 2021 at 03:22PM -08, Karthik Chikmagalur wrote:

> Is the rationale for choosing `C-x x' as the prefix for buffer related
> commands merely that `C-x g' is popular among magit users? Neither `C-x
> g' nor `C-x x' are mnemonic for buffer-related commands, though. I can
> think of a couple of alternatives, including `C-x M-b' as the prefix for
> buffer commands. If there's a decision to add similar file-related
> keybindings in the future (`rename-file', etc), it can neatly slot into
> a `C-x M-f' keymap.
>
> A secondary issue is the choice of keys in ctl-x-x-map:
>
> 1. `C-x x n': clone-buffer
>
> Shouldn't this be `C-x x c' for consistency with the similar binding for
> `clone-indirect-buffer-other-window' (`C-x 4 c')? The two commands are
> even bound five lines apart in lisp/bindings.el!

Indirect clones and non-indirect clones are quite different.

There is already a convention to use 'n' for a non-indirect clone -- see
M-n in Info-mode.

-- 
Sean Whitton