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Re: Tab bar tabs landed on master
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: Tab bar tabs landed on master |
Date: |
Sun, 06 Oct 2019 22:38:23 +0300 |
> From: Juri Linkov <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden
> Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2019 22:23:42 +0300
>
> > Does it mean the tab-bar related "C-x 6" prefix conflicts with 2C? If
> > so, perhaps we should use "C-x 7" instead, as long as the genie is not
> > far from the bottle.
>
> "C-x 6" is the perfect prefix for tab commands because it's easier to
> remember as continuation of the sequence with window prefix "C-x 4"
> and frame prefix "C-x 5":
I agree, but if "C-x 6" is already used, it's taken. Is it such a
catastrophe to use "C-x 7"?
> > I'd like to avoid backward-incompatible changes if possible.
>
> Actually it's not quite backward-incompatible because it's still
> available after loading two-column.el.
And then the tab-bar commands cannot be invoked via "C-x 6". That's
very confusing, I think. We should avoid a situation where 2 core
packages fight each other over key bindings.
> Also please read this comment in two-column.el that admits it's not mnemonic:
>
> ;; This one is for historical reasons and simple keyboards, it is not
> ;; at all mnemonic. All usual sequences containing 2 were used, and
> ;; f2 could not be set up in a standard way under Emacs 18.
> (global-set-key "\C-x6" '2C-command)
It says nothing about whether people still use it, nor what exactly
"simple keyboards" means. Sorry, I still think there's a problem
here.
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