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bug#39847: Document how users can make text-zoom keys same as browser
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#39847: Document how users can make text-zoom keys same as browser |
Date: |
Tue, 3 Mar 2020 13:13:08 -0800 (PST) |
> > I don't see how it would be backward
> > compatible. How so?
>
> I mean that it would not change the current binding for C--.
I see. Yes, thanks. (You meant that,
unlike changing C-+/-, it wouldn't be
backward incompatible.)
> > 1. It doesn't help with the argument currently
> > being given, which is that users are used to
> > `C-+/-'. `s-+/-' doesn't help at all, given
> > such a habit, does it?
>
> I personally agree with Richard that C-- and C-+ is a better default
> and I also think it's okay if negative prefix argument is only on M--.
> However, Eli has stated in Bug#28182 that he doesn't want a backward
> incompatible change.
>
> AFAICT, s-- and s-+ has some precedence. It's used in Sublime
> Text. Atom and VSCode use C-- and C-+. This is from searching the
> web.
OK, but it won't help with a habit of using
`C-+/-' to zoom. That was my point here.
> > 2. We already have `C-x +/-'. Why would we need
> > or want two such sets of keys, by default?
>
> Familiarity and ease of use.
That might be an argument for switching to `s-+/-'
_instead_ of `C-x C-+/-' (familiarity, at least
for Sublime users). But I don't see how it argues
for having both, by default.
> BTW, we have more than two such keys:
> C-x C-+ text-scale-adjust
> C-x C-- text-scale-adjust
> C-x C-0 text-scale-adjust
> C-x C-= text-scale-adjust
Yes. And the `C-0' behavior would still be
needed, using some key sequence.
Which is (IMO) another argument against using
`C-+' and `C--'. `C-x' followed by `C--',
`C-0' or `C-+' kinda makes sense (mnemonic).
Where would we put the `C-0' behavior, for
the proposal to change to `C-+/-'?
Likewise, for convenience, a `s-=' alias
would also still be needed/wanted for `s-+',
for the same reason - no need to use `Shift'.
So we would be talking about some key (maybe
`s-0'?) for what `C-x C-0' does, plus
sacrificing `s-+', `s-=', and `s--'. So four
keys.
Plus apparently keeping `C-x C--', `C-x C-0',
`C-x C-+', and `C-x C-='.
- bug#39847: Document how users can make text-zoom keys same as browser, (continued)