Re: [Ebib-users] non-standard keybindings

[Joe C. <hol...@gm...>]

It's interesting that the C-c C-c keystroke seems so "standard" to me
despite the rule you mentioned!  Partly because of its common meaning
in major modes like mail-mode (with a parallel in shell-mode) -- and
partly because not everyone follows the convention... For example
w3m-form-input-textarea-set, which is in w3m-form-input-textarea-mode
(minor mode), has the binding C-c C-c.

Similarly the command w3-do-text-entry from w3, which is bound in the
following silly way:

    (switch-to-buffer-other-window buff)
    (indented-text-mode)
    [...]
    (message "Press C-c C-c when finished with text entry.")
    (local-set-key "\C-c\C-c" 'w3-finish-text-entry)

("The binding goes in the current buffer's local map, which in most
cases is shared with all other buffers in the same major mode." --
oops!)

All that aside, another idea to consider would be to change Ebib-entry
major mode so that entries can be edited directly in that the
entry-browsing screen instead of in a separate window.  What do you
think of this thought?

Joe

On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Joost Kremers <joo...@fa...> wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
>> I just tried Ebib (from git) yesterday and found that a few
>> keybindings are somewhat nonstandard, e.g. C-c|q to exit and save a
>> multi-line text area would more typically be C-cC-c.
>
> I know it's rather non-standard, but the thing is, Ebib's multiline mode is a
> minor mode, and key sequences consisting of C-c followed by a control character
> are reserved for major modes (see (info "(elisp)Key Binding Conventions") ).
> You're of course free to bind C-c C-c to ebib-quit-multiline-edit within
> ebib-multiline-mode-map yourself, but I can't use it as the default key binding.
>
>>  If I was to send
>> a keybinding patch, would it be considered, or are ebib users already
>> used to the current bindings and uninterested in switching?
>
> For the reason just mentioned, I wouldn't be able to accept a patch like that.
> But what I would include is a patch that would allow a user to install C-c C-c
> (and perhaps some other commands) in ebib-multiline-mode-map, if they so choose.
>
> Joost
>
>
> --
> Joost Kremers
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