Re: Proposal: new default bindings for winner and windmove

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hello, Stefan.

On Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 10:27:31 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > C-x 4 is not for window management commands, but for commands that
> > influence which window the results of a future command are to be
> > displayed in, and it has been so for a substantial period, so that users
> > won't bat an eyelid before creating bindings keeping to this pattern.
> > As such, it is perfectly logical to bind, say, ffap-other-window, in
> > this keymap, but not every command that marginally relates to window
> > management.

> Since `C-x 4` is the prefix we use for "other window" prefix, what is
> the most natural meaning we could give to `C-x 4 <left>`?

previous-buffer-other-window, of course.  It might even be quite a
useful command.

>         Stefan

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