Re: [New exporter] Key bindings and typographical error

[Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>]

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
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