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C-x v keybinding for vc-print-branch-log

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 50344 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, gregory <at> heytings.org, larsi <at> gnus.org, dgutov <at> yandex.ru
Subject: bug#50344: C-x v keybinding for vc-print-branch-log
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2021 21:25:35 +0300

> From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
> Cc: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>,  50344 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>   larsi <at> gnus.org,  dgutov <at> yandex.ru
> Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2021 20:30:10 +0300
> 
> > Frankly, I don't understand why "C-x v B" suddenly stopped being a
> > good candidate.  It was discussed at the beginning, but then was
> > suddenly dropped.  I think it will make a better choice than what you
> > propose above, because it's somewhat easier to type, especially on
> > non-US keyboards (I think).
> 
> Because for a few days I already tried to use 'C-x v B l' since
> I need to check the logs of other branches many times per day,
> and it was absolutely horrible experience — Shift+B is very
> hard to type because "B" is in the middle of the keyboard,
> and after I almost got RSI, I had to rebind it to `C-x v b l'
> for the relief.

I don't get any trouble pressing this sequence: since Ctrl is already
released, I have that finger to press Shift, which is near Ctrl.

But if most people have the same problematic experience as you did, I
guess we should try looking for another lower-case letter.  Only 13 of
the 26 possible are taken now.

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