From: Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Proposal for rebindings in Org 8.3
Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2014 17:48:42 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wqh32985.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CAArV04MZWTXjrxkX2_HJz8A6NtY7qqyewWRgsWDfEWyxcFm0zw@mail.gmail.com
"Tim O'Callaghan" <timo@dspsrv.com> writes:
>>
>> Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us> writes:
>>
>>> For me the following keys need shift or Alt-Gr: ^, ", `, !, ?, and
>>> ~.
>>
>> Oh, do you really need the Alt-Gr key for `?' and `!' ?
>>
>> Does that mean you don't use `C-c !' or that you rarely use it?
>>
>> Of course, this may have nothing to do with the keybinding itself,
>> but I'm curious.
>>
>
> If i can throw in my 2-cents, I have been using Alt-O or(Meta-O if you
> prefer) for a Ctrl-C, Ctrl-C substitute in org-mode for years. Now i
> use a combination of an activation key (Alt-O or f4) and a kind of
> fast-key mnemonic map. I need mnemonics because there is just too much
> in org-mode, and i prefer to just type an extra key rather than have
> to bend to hit a semi-random modifier + cryptic keymap entry.
>
> so:
> Alt+o,a => agenda,
> Alt+o,0 => capture -> inbox
> Alt+o,1 => agenda file 1
> ....
> Alt+o, A,h => agenda - home tag
> Alt+o,T,c => org table convert region
> Alt+o,T,C,b => org table convert buffer.
> ....
>
> Basically, two keys to most used personal functions. To save the
> pinkies, alt and shift are the only modifiers. alt for the activator,
> and shift to dig into a personalised sub-menu. I tried binding to
> FNkeys, but i could not memorise them. the "ah" = at home comes
> naturally to me.
>
> I for one will follow this idea with interest.
>
I have a similar setup.
I use <f7> as a prefix key for many org operations (personal ones as
well as generic ones, mostly the less common ones but also a few of
the very common: e.g. I use <f7><f7> instead of `C-c a a').
One problem I had was that there are lots of things under that keymap
that I didn't use often enough to memorise, so I would end up looking in
my keydefs file to figure out where some operation was (and no, I can't
remember the names of the functions either...)
I recently found out that if after <f7> I press C-h, I get a description
of the keymap. That's probably well known in some circles, but I only
found out about it recently, reading the "Key Binding Conventions"
section in the elisp manual:
,----
| * Don't bind `C-h' following any prefix character (including `C-c').
| If you don't bind `C-h', it is automatically available as a help
| character for listing the subcommands of the prefix character.
`----
That's *very* useful to me - if you don't know about it already, try it:
I think you'll find it very useful too!
--
Nick
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-02-09 22:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-09 20:01 [RFC] Proposal for rebindings in Org 8.3 Tim O'Callaghan
2014-02-09 22:48 ` Nick Dokos [this message]
2014-02-10 8:43 ` Bastien
2014-02-10 9:28 ` Sebastien Vauban
2014-02-10 10:21 ` Bastien
2014-02-10 11:18 ` Sebastien Vauban
2014-02-11 20:58 ` Bastien
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2014-02-07 10:32 Bastien
2014-02-07 11:34 ` Sebastien Vauban
2014-02-07 13:30 ` Bastien
2014-02-07 14:55 ` Michael Brand
2014-02-08 18:13 ` Bastien
2014-02-07 15:56 ` Nick Dokos
2014-02-07 16:44 ` Rasmus
2014-02-08 18:13 ` Bastien
2014-02-07 19:06 ` Samuel Wales
2014-02-08 18:13 ` Bastien
2014-02-08 20:40 ` Samuel Wales
2014-02-08 20:42 ` Samuel Wales
2014-02-08 22:34 ` Bastien
2014-02-08 22:58 ` Samuel Wales
2014-02-09 8:01 ` Bastien
2014-02-09 10:26 ` Achim Gratz
2014-02-08 18:13 ` Bastien
2014-02-10 0:20 ` Thomas S. Dye
2014-02-10 8:40 ` Bastien
2014-02-10 17:27 ` Achim Gratz
2014-03-10 18:07 ` Greg Troxel
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