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Re: [O] [New exporter] Key bindings and typographical error
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Eric S Fraga |
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Re: [O] [New exporter] Key bindings and typographical error |
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Sat, 9 Feb 2013 00:28:06 +1030 |
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Gnus/5.130006 (Ma Gnus v0.6) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
Sebastien Vauban <address@hidden> writes:
> While using the new dispatcher, I'd like to propose some adaptations -- before
> it's too late (before everybody gets accustomed to your new bindings).
and I would also like to take this opportunity to suggest a change in
the interface.
Given that we have moved to a multi-key sequence for selecting exporter
and then action, could these two aspects not be dealt with in the
mini-buffer? I find the display of all the options confusing... I
would rather have the dispatcher prompt, in the mini-buffer, something
along the lines of:
: Export to: (l) latex, (h) html, (o) ODT, (a) ascii
with the choices obviously depending on the backends initialised. Then,
depending on the key (e.g. l):
: Export as: (l) file, (b) buffer, (p) PDF, ...
Just a thought which arises from my having to use small screens
sometimes as I'm a sucker for punishment and insist on using Emacs on my
phone and the dispatch window is too large sometimes...
I would also suggest that beamer be a different target, separate from
latex, chosen by a different first key (e.g. b). This would then allow
some unification of the second key sequence (f=file, b=buffer, p=PDF,
v=view...)?
Finally, I could be more radical and suggest that the whole export
dispatch should be based on keymaps... with C-h, as usual, bringing up
the options. But this might be too radical ;-)
Thanks,
eric
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