Re: FR: more flexible customization of org-agenda-custom-commands key bindings

[Bastien <bzg@altern.org>]

Adam Spiers <orgmode@adamspiers.org> writes:

>> If the idea is just to re-display the *Org agenda* buffer
>
> Correct.  It's effectively a more generic version of "Press `C-u r' to
> search again with new search string".

So why not just make `C-u r' call the *agenda commands* buffer back when
the current agenda view is produced by (org-agenda-list)?

Then `C-u r' will have the same meaning across all possible types of
agenda views, i.e. call `org-agenda-redo' and wait for more information
on how to refine the current view.  Which means: call back `org-agenda'
if the last command was `org-agenda-list'.

>> C-x b RET is enough most of the times.
>
> That defaults to the wrong buffer for me, maybe because I'm using
> ido.el.  For me, it's important that it be bound to a single keystroke
> rather than a chord, since I want to be able to iterate over steps
> 2--5 many times and rapidly.

I think it will be hard to have a simpler keystroke than `C-x b' :)
But anyway, I guess your point is to have some Org internal command for
this function -- which would also avoid the problem with ido.el.

> I can't think of a good mnemonic for binding any of these to this
> operation.  My preferred solution would be the following, though I
> would understand if it was rejected on the grounds of being too
> disruptive to what users are used to:
>
>   - rebind 'r' to this operation, since 'redo' or 'repeat' is the most
>     obvious mnemonic,
>
>   - rebind 'g' to `org-agenda-redo', since 'g' is a universal emacs
>     keybinding meaning 'refresh the current buffer display', and
>
>   - bind 'G' to `org-agenda-toggle-time-grid', since this is a less
>     frequent operation and hence can be moved to the chord "shift-G"
>     without causing hassle.

To combine your suggestion with mine, it would be: 

- rebind 'r' to the actual behavior of `C-u r', and make this available
  for all types of agenda views.

- rebind 'g' to refresh and 'G' to `org-agenda-toggle-time-grid'.

>> But I think the idea was to process commands of the same kind
>> (i.e. belonging to the same sub-keymap) quickly.
>
> Nothing so advanced :-) But if the above solution were to be
> implemented, repeatedly rerunning a mix of sub-keymap and normal
> custom commands would be trivial, e.g. to use your example:

... Except that in my proposal, `r' would not simply call `org-agenda'
again (I think C-c a is simple enough) but rather let you recall the
last agenda command (either `org-agenda-list' or `org-todo-list' etc.)
and ask for more information (just like `C-u r' does for some agenda
types. 

-- 
Bastien