Re: Re: counter-intuitive key bindings

From: Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>
To: Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Re: counter-intuitive key bindings
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:13:02 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1d7b76ad7d7a123048d2dc2f513f49aa@science.uva.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2y7gcn3b0.fsf@cam.ac.uk>

On Aug 15, 2007, at 18:57, Leo wrote:

> On 2007-08-09 06:05 +0100, Carsten Dominik wrote:
>>> In this case, I feel there should a consistent definition of key
>>> bindings. One excellent example is vc, it is just so easy to 
>>> remember.
>>
>> What do you mean with "consistent definition of key bindings".
>>
>>> I have been an regular user of org, and I have already forgotten that
>>> S-up/down does priority change after one month's break.
>>
>> I have been trying very hard to make the key bindings as logical
>> as possible - but there is a huge amount of commands in org,
>> and many keys are needed.
>>
>> That said, the S-up/down for priorities does leas to a couple
>> of inconsistencies, in particular between agenda and org-mode buffers.
>>
>> - Carsten
>
> I know it is difficult to come up with good key bindings for so many
> commands that org-mode has. That's why I gave the example of vc, which
> has extremely excellent key bindings. I would never have to learn them 
> a
> second time. I hope someone can come up with something similar for org.

Well, this is not really a fair comparison, because vc has maybe 13
commands???  Sure, not too hard to make these stick in your head.

Obviously I have been trying to make the best key bindings I can.
Besides making them easy to remember you are of course limited
by Emacs conventions, and by the wish to avoid 3 keypress bindings for
speed.  And maybe some compromises because of the historical
development, to keep the habits of users.

I am certainly open for suggestions.

- Carsten

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