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Hold down CTRL+L

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 37438 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#37438: Hold down CTRL+L
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 14:24:27 +0200

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

> (C-l runs the command recenter-top-bottom.)
> Hold down CTRL+L. What do you see?
> Could this perhaps be rate-limited?
> Holding down CTRL+K works fine (eating text at a pleasant pace)
> but mistakenly holding down CTRL+L instead just creates an eerie
> confusing effect.

C-k deletes text at the rate you've set keystrokes to repeat, I think?

> In fact how about having it stop on the third CTRL+L, after which it
> makes no sense anyway.

I often use it more than three times when switching between views.

> If the user wants to send more CTRL+L, have them lift their finger first.

I think that's a bad idea; closing.

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