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28.0.50; Move revert-buffer global binding into a prefix map

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From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
To: 46300 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, emacs-devel <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#46300: 28.0.50; Move revert-buffer global binding into a prefix map
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2021 11:08:59 -0700

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On Thu 04 Feb 2021 at 05:46PM +01, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:

> Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org> writes:
>
>> You forgot the proposal to which the mail you are replying to
>> explicitly refers.  So I'll copy it here again: it is to make "C-x g"
>> a keymap for buffer-related operations, with in particular "C-x g r"
>> bound to revert-buffer:
>>
>> C-x g c = clone-buffer
>> C-x g d = diff-buffers
>> C-x g f = fit-frame-to-buffer
>> C-x g h = hexl-mode
>> C-x g i = insert-buffer
>> C-x g l = font-lock-mode
>> C-x g n = rename-buffer
>> C-x g r = revert-buffer
>> C-x g R = revert-buffer-with-fine-grain
>> C-x g t = toggle-truncate-lines
>
> Of the alternative key bindings proposed, I like this the best.  I'd
> prefer `C-x g g' for revert-buffer, though -- it's more in like with the
> `g' binding in `special-mode-map', and `revert-buffer' is a command
> you're likely to want to execute a number of times (in some cases),
> while the rest of these are less keyboard-mashey.

Here's a patch doing that, since this seems like a solution which
satisfies most.  Exactly what else to bind into that map I leave to
others, for now, anyway.

-- 
Sean Whitton

[0001-Move-revert-buffer-global-binding-to-C-x-g-g.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]

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