[debbugs-tracker] bug#14532: closed (24.3.50; Review keybindings for bookmark-set and bookmark-jump)

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> 24.3.50; Review keybindings for bookmark-set and bookmark-jump
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> Sun, 02 Jun 2013 14:58:52 +0530
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> Please review default keybindings for bookmark-set and bookmark-jump.
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> The current keybindings are 
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>     C-x r b
>     C-x r m
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> Even after years of use, I get confused on what key to press - "b" or
> "m".
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> The "cognitive dissonance" is probably due to the word bookmark being
> both a noun and a verb.
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>       If I treat "bookmark" as a noun, m => "mark a bookmark" seems
>       satisfactory.  b => "bookmark a bookmark" (Read as a "noun a
>       noun") seems a bit wanting.
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>       If I treat "bookmark" as a verb, then C-x r b should create a
>       bookmark.  (It is not so).  m => "mark a bookmark" (read as a
>       "verb a verb") seems a bit strange.
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> Here is a binding I have in .emacs.
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>     (global-set-key "^Xrv" (quote bookmark-jump))
>     (global-set-key "^Xr." (quote bookmark-set))
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> The memory aid, I use is this:
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> "." stands for "this".  As in "find this tag", "bookmark this location"
> etc. "v" stands for "visit".
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> So C-x r . creates bookmark while C-x r v visits a bookmark.
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> In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.4 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.1)
>  of 2013-05-28 on debian-6.05
> Bzr revision: 112750 address@hidden
> Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10707000
> Important settings:
>   value of $LANG: en_IN
>   locale-coding-system: iso-latin-1-unix
>   default enable-multibyte-characters: t
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> Fri, 15 Nov 2013 10:19:24 +0530
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux)
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> OP here.  Closed.
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