[AUCTeX-devel] Key bindings for TeX-next-error

[Ralf Angeli]

As `C-c `' really is a pain in the, uh, fingers I finally want to get
a decision on and implementation of a better key binding for
`TeX-next-error'.

In recent CVS Emacs the bindings `M-g M-n' and `M-g n' were introduced
for `next-error' besides the traditional `C-x `'.  I'd be fine if we
simply took the bindings for `next-error' and use them for
`TeX-next-error'.  This could be done with something like

    (if (featurep 'xemacs)
        (substitute-key-definition 'next-error 'TeX-next-error map global-map)
      (define-key map [remap next-error] 'TeX-next-error))

Problem is that this won't improve the situation for people using
Emacs 21 or XEmacs.  `C-x `' isn't really better than `C-c `'.  So we
might still need an alternative binding here.  So far `C-c !', `C-c
SPC' and `C-c *' have been discussed.  The last one was a proposal by
Frank for jumping to the next warning in contrast to the next error.
He noted that jumping to warnings could also be achieved by prefix
arguments.  But I don't think that this is really necessary as one can
enable "Debug Bad Boxes" which only makes sense if there are no
errors anyway.

I have a weak preference for `C-c !' because of the related symbolism
with LaTeX errors.  From an egoistical point of view I wouldn't even
introduce a new binding but use one of the remapped bindings of
`next-error'.

-- 
Ralf