GNU bug report logs - #12132
24.1; M-p and M-n should follow behave similarly to M-f and M-b

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Daniel Neel <dneelyep <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 18:02:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug, wontfix

Found in version 24.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Forwarded to http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2011-04/msg00303.html

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Daniel Neel <dneelyep <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 12132 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12132: 24.1; M-p and M-n should follow behave similarly to M-f and M-b
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:26:21 -0400

> My suggestion is to, by default, bind some movement behaviors to the M-p
> and M-n keys. Currently, the default left and right cursor movement keys
> are bound to C-f/b for going forward or backward by character, and M-f/b
> to go forward/backward by word.

Thank you for your suggestion.
I've often wondered what if anything could be bound to M-p, M-n, and
I always ended up with the conclusion that keeping them free for use by
local modes to be the best option.
Maybe it's just laziness on my part, of course.


        Stefan
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