Subject: Re: bug#28182: maybe implement CTRL++ to zoom text

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 10:36:12 +0300

> From: Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 03:40:05 +0200
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>, Tak Kunihiro <[email-masked]>, 
> 	Juri Linkov <[email-masked]>, [email-masked], 
> 	積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <[email-masked]>
> 
> Richard Stallman <[email-masked]> writes:
> 
> >   > I think it's a better default, since it's more in line with user
> >   > expectations.  The "Ctrl+mouse whell changes font size" behaviour is
> >   > pretty ubiquitous in browsers, text editors and IDEs.
> >
> > I proposed CTRL +, but you're talking about the mouse wheel.
> > They are not the same: my laptop has no mouse wheel.
> 
> Earlier in this thread, Eli objected to that proposal because it would
> be backwards incompatible.

The problem is not with C-+, which is undefined by default.  The
problem is with C--, which is used for numeric arguments.  It makes
little sense to me to use C-+ for increasing the font size without
also using C-- for decreasing it.