From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: [New exporter] Key bindings and typographical error Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 00:28:06 +1030 Message-ID: <874nhm6h75.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> References: <86lib02h3u.fsf@somewhere.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56541) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U3oTM-00019v-41 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:58:40 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U3oT9-0005Dw-T3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:58:24 -0500 Received: from va3ehsobe005.messaging.microsoft.com ([216.32.180.31]:46552 helo=va3outboundpool.messaging.microsoft.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U3oT9-0005DO-OO for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:58:23 -0500 In-Reply-To: <86lib02h3u.fsf@somewhere.org> (Sebastien Vauban's message of "Thu, 7 Feb 2013 18:01:25 +0100") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Sebastien Vauban Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Sebastien Vauban 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