Re: Ilisp FSF key binding changes

On 2003-05-18, Bill Clementson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Why is entering a 3rd control key sequence less awkward then 
> just pressing the key? What type of keyboard are you using that
> makes using a crtl-key sequence easier than just pressing a key?

My keyboard is a kinesis ergo elan, but I prefer to hold down the CTRL
key when I enter ctrl combinations even when I don't use this keyboard.

This makes my input look like this (e.g. for ilisp query arglist):

Push control, hold it.
push c, release
push q, release
push a, release
release the control key just a fraction of a second too late
Emacs errors, d'oh!

push c again
push q again
release the control key
push a again

Ugh! This happened probably 30 times to me today alone - including C-c
C-g C-l and friends, of course. Therefor, I think requiring the user to
release the Ctrl key in the middle of a command is not a good thing.

> I thought about having a 3 control key binding after looking
> at the JDE bindings (at one stage, I didn't think I'd have enough
> 2 control key prefixes available given that comint mode uses so
> many) but decided that the 2 key one would be preferable. 

IIRC, The JDEE allows both, commands which end in C-<something> and ones
which end in just <something>, with the same meaning. This is, IMHO, the
preferable behaviour, and the one I requested.

> All of these (except for C-q) are easy-to-reach key sequences.
> However, not all 3rd key combinations would be easy control key
> sequences. 

Of course they would - I just wanted the last key of the combination to
be also available as a combination ending in a control-key. This would
change nothing in the layout of the keys, but a lot in the usability of
ILISP.

I hope my request is clearer now (-:

Thanks,
-- 
Andreas Fuchs, <[email protected]>, [email protected], antifuchs



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