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From: Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>
To: Sebastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [New exporter] Key bindings and typographical error
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 00:28:06 +1030	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <874nhm6h75.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86lib02h3u.fsf@somewhere.org> (Sebastien Vauban's message of "Thu, 7 Feb 2013 18:01:25 +0100")

Sebastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com> writes:

> While using the new dispatcher, I'd like to propose some adaptations -- before
> it's too late (before everybody gets accustomed to your new bindings).

and I would also like to take this opportunity to suggest a change in
the interface.

Given that we have moved to a multi-key sequence for selecting exporter
and then action, could these two aspects not be dealt with in the
mini-buffer?  I find the display of all the options confusing...  I
would rather have the dispatcher prompt, in the mini-buffer, something
along the lines of:

: Export to: (l) latex, (h) html, (o) ODT, (a) ascii

with the choices obviously depending on the backends initialised.  Then,
depending on the key (e.g. l):

: Export as: (l) file, (b) buffer, (p) PDF, ...

Just a thought which arises from my having to use small screens
sometimes as I'm a sucker for punishment and insist on using Emacs on my
phone and the dispatch window is too large sometimes...

I would also suggest that beamer be a different target, separate from
latex, chosen by a different first key (e.g. b).  This would then allow
some unification of the second key sequence (f=file, b=buffer, p=PDF,
v=view...)?

Finally, I could be more radical and suggest that the whole export
dispatch should be based on keymaps... with C-h, as usual, bringing up
the options.  But this might be too radical ;-)

Thanks,
eric
-- 
: Eric S Fraga, GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D
: in Emacs 24.3.50.1 and Org 7.9.3e-904-g338046

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2013-02-08 13:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-02-07 17:01 [New exporter] Key bindings and typographical error Sebastien Vauban
2013-02-08 13:58 ` Eric S Fraga [this message]
2013-02-08 14:52   ` Suvayu Ali
2013-02-08 16:52     ` Charles Berry
2013-02-08 23:33       ` Eric S Fraga
2013-02-08 16:42   ` Sebastien Vauban
2013-02-08 23:35     ` Eric S Fraga
2013-02-08 23:38     ` Robert Eckl
2013-02-08 21:27 ` Nicolas Goaziou

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