bug#41438: [PATCH] Allow windmove keys to be bound without prefix or modifiers

[Juri Linkov]

>>> Another question I'd like to ask before trying it out: Would there be
>>> any interest in adding user options for the "default" modifiers that
>>> windmove should use? If yes, one could add a :set function that
>>> automatically calls the apropriate bindings function, when it's value
>>> is non-nil. I have a very customize-centric configuration, where something
>>> this would fit in very well.
>>
>> I think that adding defcustoms (including a new const `none')
>> would be the most natural way to customize windmove modifiers
>> (provided that the existing functions should remain).
>
> I made a first concept, but it doesn't work unless windmove is explicity
> required (see below). As far as I know, autoloading variables isn't good
> style, so is there any other way to invoke the :set property of a user
> option?

Recently we had a similar problem in char-fold.el that was solved using
defconst for the default value and a :set function, this might help here.