GNU bug report logs - #42210
Add -other-window variants of project-prefix-map commands

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From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>, 41890 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, "Philip K." <philip <at> warpmail.net>, 42210 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Subject: bug#42210: bug#41890: 28.0.50; [PATCH]: Add bindings for project.el
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 18:31:31 -0700

Hello,

On Wed 22 Jul 2020 at 02:38AM +03, Juri Linkov wrote:

> While the prompt is active, the key '?' and 'C-h' could (and I think should)
> display a list of *ALL* available key bindings from the project keymap
> in the *Help* buffer (like e.g. 'query-replace' does after typing 'C-h').

What would determine which of the bindings get shown in the prompt,
then, supposing there were too many to fit them all?

>> I do think we should avoid binding commands under C-x 4 where the
>> versions under C-x p would already display in another window -- I think
>> it is potentially quite confusing to have bindings with identical
>> behaviour under both C-x 4 p and C-x p.
>
> Shouldn't some key sequence force displaying the project buffer in the
> same window (when a version under C-x p displays it in another window)?

It's hard to know what key sequence to use.

>> But that means we need the defcustom, because a user could use
>> display-buffer-alist to change which commands under C-x p will use
>> another window.
>
> I now understand that your top message above implies that a user
> could customize display-buffer-alist to display a buffer in another window,
> but usually users don't customize display-buffer-alist to display a buffer
> in another frame/tab?

I exclusively use it to display buffers in other windows :)

-- 
Sean Whitton

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