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From: Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
To: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Proposed key binding changes: archiving and attachments
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:36:43 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2zl7915bo.fsf@fastmail.fm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E14BC924-8919-4422-86B0-F95581DB11CB@gmail.com> (Carsten Dominik's message of "Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:54:39 +0100")

Hi Carsten,

Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I would like to change some key bindings related to archiving,
> and this change will also affect the access key for attachments.
>
> The main reason is that I think there should be a single default key
> for archiving, and that the user sets a variable to decide what the
> default
> archiving method should be.  I would like this key to be `C-c C-a' which
> is why the org-attach key would have to move as well.
>
> Here is my proposal:
>
> In Org-mode files
> -----------------
>
> C-c C-a      archive default (setq by org-archive-default-command)
> C-c C-x C-s  org-archive-subtree (C-c $ remains valid as well)
> C-c C-x a    org-toggle-archive-tag
> C-c C-x A    org-archive-to-archive-sibling
>
> C-c C-x C-a  attach

Since I've taken to using attachments quite a bit, I would most likely
restore the current keybindings in my own settings.

My chief concern with mapping archiving to C-c C-a is that it is too
close to the conventional keybinding for org-agenda (C-c a). With the
proposed keybindings, I fear it might be too easy to introduce drastic
changes in a file accidentally. (E.g., I sometimes hit C-c C-a when I
intend to hit C-c a and vice versa.)

>
> In the agenda
> -------------
> a            archive with org-archive-default-command
> C-c C-a      same as a
> C-c C-x a    org-toggle-archive-tag
> C-c C-x A    org-archive-to-archive-sibling
> C-c C-x C-s  org-archive-subtree ($ remains valid as well)

Again, I would prefer that C-c C-a remain bound to org-attach.

I currently unbind "a" (org-toggle-archive-tag) in the agenda. In the
past, items often mysteriously disappeared from my agenda view. I
discovered the cause: I was occasionally hitting "a" by accident.

I agree with Peter that commands with relatively destructive
consequences (such as archiving) should not be bound to a single key.
One wouldn't want to miss an appointment because one accidentally hits
"a" in the agenda. :)

Thanks for giving us the chance to provide feedback on these proposed
changes.

- Matt

>
>
> I am wondering how much resistance such a change would create.
>
> Comments?
>
> - Carsten

  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-10-30 11:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-10-30  6:54 Proposed key binding changes: archiving and attachments Carsten Dominik
2009-10-30  9:54 ` Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs
2009-10-30 10:31   ` Peter Frings
2009-10-30 12:35     ` Bernt Hansen
2009-10-31  9:13   ` Carsten Dominik
2009-10-31 13:23     ` Bernt Hansen
2009-10-31 14:56     ` Matt Lundin
2009-10-30 11:36 ` Matt Lundin [this message]
2009-10-30 13:33   ` Carsten Dominik
2009-11-06 13:40     ` Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs
2009-11-06 15:42       ` Carsten Dominik
2009-11-06 15:56         ` Carsten Dominik
2009-11-07  1:11           ` Daniel Martins
2009-11-07  6:33             ` Carsten Dominik
2009-11-07  7:11               ` David Bremner
2009-11-07 20:50                 ` Daniel Martins
2009-11-08 18:24               ` Paul Mead
2009-11-09 10:46                 ` Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs
2009-11-09 21:07                 ` Carsten Dominik
2009-10-30 13:58   ` Detlef Steuer
2009-10-30 17:54 ` Leo

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