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RE: Binding M-n and M-p to forward-paragraph and backward-paragraphrespe
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: Binding M-n and M-p to forward-paragraph and backward-paragraphrespectively |
Date: |
Sat, 9 Apr 2011 12:26:45 -0700 |
> >> the idea that we shouldn't add new bindings because then
> >> someone in the future might think that those bindings are
> >> somehow `special' - and that we might want them to think
> >> otherwise - is a rather extreme combination of straw-man and
> >> absurdity.
> >
> > It is neither straw man nor absurdity. And it is not just
> > an idea. The last go-round about binding some (function)
> > key by default clearly demonstrated this: The discussion
> > had not even finished, and no decision had yet been reached,
> > before some were sending in posts that indicated that they
> > understood that the key was _reserved_ and should not be
> > changed by users or 3rd-party libraries.
>
> Yes, where as this is a binding that is clearly intended to
> be changed by users and 3rd-party libraries.
No, that was true also in the other case, as it is in most cases where a binding
is explicitly only for _default_ behavior.
That's the point: Some people _mis_understand, thinking that the existence of a
default binding means that the binding is in some way reserved. And as I
mentioned, the more a default key gets used commonly, the more people shy away
from rebinding it. Creating a default binding is not without behavioral
consequences.
Re: Binding M-n and M-p to forward-paragraph and backward-paragraph respectively, Stefan Monnier, 2011/04/08
- Re: Binding M-n and M-p to forward-paragraph and backward-paragraph respectively, chad, 2011/04/09
- RE: Binding M-n and M-p to forward-paragraph and backward-paragraphrespectively, Drew Adams, 2011/04/09
- Re: Binding M-n and M-p to forward-paragraph and backward-paragraphrespectively, chad, 2011/04/09
- RE: Binding M-n and M-p to forward-paragraph and backward-paragraphrespectively,
Drew Adams <=
- Re: Binding M-n and M-p to forward-paragraph and backward-paragraphrespectively, Leo, 2011/04/09
- Re: Binding M-n and M-p to forward-paragraph and backward-paragraphrespectively, chad, 2011/04/09
- Re: Binding M-n and M-p to forward-paragraph and backward-paragraphrespectively, Leo, 2011/04/10
- Re: Binding M-n and M-p to forward-paragraph and backward-paragraphrespectively, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2011/04/10
- Re: Binding M-n and M-p to forward-paragraph and backward-paragraphrespectively, Lennart Borgman, 2011/04/10
RE: Binding M-n and M-p to forward-paragraph and backward-paragraphrespectively, Davis Herring, 2011/04/09
Re: Binding M-n and M-p to forward-paragraph and backward-paragraphrespectively, PJ Weisberg, 2011/04/09
Re: Binding M-n and M-p to forward-paragraph and backward-paragraph respectively, Chong Yidong, 2011/04/09