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[PATCH] Allow starting with 'C-x O' for other-window

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From: James Thomas <jimjoe <at> gmx.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: juri <at> linkov.net, 78803 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ultrono <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#78803: [PATCH] Allow starting with 'C-x O' for other-window
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 04:46:59 +0530

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Eli Zaretskii  writes:

>> Cc: "Paul D. Nelson" , juri <at> linkov.net
>> Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:06:17 +0530
>> From:  James Thomas via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" 
>> 
>> James Thomas writes:
>> 
>> > "Paul D. Nelson" writes:
>> >
>> >> Thanks, I see.  Your patch looks good to me (perhaps modulo NEWS entry)
>> >
>> > May this not die for want of that... :
>> 
>> Or for a more complete commit message:
>
> Thanks, almost there.
>
>> From 3cacdd6519c65a09b8397ae337083595d4d0f191 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: James Thomas 
>> Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 01:20:31 +0530
>> Subject: [PATCH] Add 'other-window-backward' for a default binding
>> 
>> This moves in the opposite direction to 'other-window' by
>> default, and is consistent with its repeat map.
>> * lisp/window.el (other-window-backward): New function bound to
>> 'C-x O'.
>> (ctl-x-map): Update definition.
>> * doc/emacs/windows.texi (Other Window): Update docs.
>> * etc/NEWS: Announce the new command.
>
> Please mention the bug number in the log message.
>
>> +(defun other-window-backward (count &optional all-frames interactive)
>> +    "Select another window in the cyclic ordering of windows, skipping
>> +COUNT windows backward, starting with the selected window, before making
>> +the selection.  Like `other-window', but moves in the opposite
>> +direction."
>
> The first line of the doc string must be a single complete sentence.
> I suggest
>
>   Select another window in reverse cyclic ordering of windows.
>
> Then explain what the "reverse" means here in the rest of the doc
> string.

Modified accordingly, with an attempt to keep it concise:

[0001-Add-other-window-backward-for-a-default-binding-bug-.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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