Re: Re: Ilisp FSF key binding changes

"Clementson, Bill" <[email protected]> writes:

> 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?

Given these questions you seem to be missing the key point.  Given
C-c C-q C-a you think of "entering a 3rd control key sequence" and
given C-c C-q a you think of "just pressing the key".  But given
C-c C-q C-a I, and probably Andreas, think "just pressing the key"
(since it's <press control down> <rapidly enter cqa> to me) and
given C-c C-q a I think "release control, press the key".  It's the
release point of control that makes the difference.  When it
happens after cqa, I can sort of interleave it with processing what
comes next, but if it happens in the middle, I have to do it (more)
synchronously.  I guess there may also be the aspect that in
C-{c,q,a} I can think "compile-quux-always" (or from whatever those
letters refer to) as opposed to "compile-quux-<something irrelevant
I just have to remember here and not one letter before>-always" in
the case of C-c C-q a.

So I vote for C-{x,y,z} sequences.

-- 
Hannu


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