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RE: bind commands that change buffer contents to `undefined' when read-


From: Davis Herring
Subject: RE: bind commands that change buffer contents to `undefined' when read-only?
Date: 2007年9月24日 08:24:14 -0700 (PDT)
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> 2. It doesn't really help users see that such keys are, in effect,
> available for binding in such read-only contexts. That was a main
> motivation behind my proposal.
Exactly how much help does an semi-knowledgeable user (who knows enough to
want to bind a key) need beyond the error?
"Hmm... dired... I'd like a key to convert DOS to Unix line endings. How
about M-u for "Make Unix"? That sounds good."
 M-u
 Buffer is read-only: #<buffer contrib>
 "Huh?"
 C-h c M-u
 M-u is bound to upcase-word
 "Oh, that's a nice command. But it doesn't work...?"
 M-u
 Buffer is read-only: #<buffer contrib>
 "Yup, it's taken, but it doesn't work here. A shame, too. I could have
used it!"
I don't see the reaction to C-h c proceeding like that, but rather
 "Aha. Good to know, but I can obviously use it here, since it doesn't
work anyway."
Davis
PS - Never mind that there's no command to which to bind a key that does
what this hypothetical user wants. They found the defun scrawled on a
blackboard in a sewer or something.
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