Re: [Nano-devel] [PATCH] Multipane support

[Marco Diego Aurélio Mesquita]

On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 4:39 PM, Benno Schulenberg <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Op 15-09-2017 om 01:15 schreef Marco Diego Aurélio Mesquita:
>>
>> Although not acceptable the way it is now, it still implements a
>> useful feature: M-2 can switch quickly between different files.
>> Without it, if you're working with many files, going forth and back
>> between two "non-adjacent" files is cumbersome. The "M-2 feature"
>> allows us to switch between file 1 and file, say, 42 forth and back
>> using a quick shortcut.
>>
>> Do you think the quick switch feature is interesting?
>
>
> What is the actual use case?  When do you actually want to be able
> to quickly switch between any of the open buffers and the first of
> these buffers?
>

For example, using nano do edit nano's source code. Sometimes I want
to move code from global.h/proto.h to another another header but want
quick access to another .c source file. This feature allows me to have
something very similar to two list of files which I can switch
quickly. Another example is looking at documentation for a function
and looking at points where the function is called.

>
> For half a year I have had a local patch that made ^L center the
> line that the cursor is on, but I found that... /I never used it/.
> Things may sound like a nice feature, but... if no one experiences
> and reports a burning lack, they will not be added.
>

No problem. I'm not willing to insist on features if they are not desired.

Thanks!