Re: emacs-29 additional key binding suggestions

[Visuwesh]

[திங்கள் ஏப்ரல் 24, 2023] Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
>> Cc: visuweshm@gmail.com,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
>> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 13:23:21 +0200
>> 
>> >>>>> On Mon, 24 Apr 2023 14:07:29 +0300, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> said:
>>     >> Actually, does that mean that 'W' should invoke
>>     >> `browse-url-secondary-browser-function' when called with a prefix?

That's what I planned to do in my personal configuration after noticing
C-u W does not use the secondary browser.  ;-)

>>     Eli> Why?  Invoking any command, let alone with a prefix argument, is an
>>     Eli> option, so if the user does invoke it, why should be second-guess 
>> what
>>     Eli> the user had in mind?
>> 
>> Iʼm showing my gnus prejudice here, but itʼs because thatʼs what 'w'
>> does in the summary buffer, and itʼs kind of neat to be able to choose
>> between two different browsers just with a prefix. It would allow
>> Visuwesh to easily keep his preferred 'show everything in EWW', but
>> allow using an external browser as well.
>
> I don't mind, but beware the over-engineering.

AFAIK, C-u to mean to use the secondary browser is a fairly common
pattern.  See browse-url-button-open and browse-url-button-open-url as
well.