Re: tags-loop-continue

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Cc: address@hidden
> From: Dmitry Gutov <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 03:41:01 +0300
> 
> On 01/10/2016 08:08 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> >> Because tags-query-replace uses a special keymap, we can bind
> >> tags-loop-continue to M-, in it. _Maybe_ we can similarly use a new
> >> keymap during tags-search's execution.
> >>
> >> If you think it's a good idea, I can look into it.
> >
> > I think it should be okay, thanks.  As long as the command is
> > interactive, it can always be rebound, if users so want.
> 
> Sorry, this is a bust. The way tags-loop-continue is used, to continue 
> execution after a user pressed C-g to quit tags-query-replace, makes it 
> not suitable for a binding inside query-replace-map.

Too bad.  Thanks for trying.

> So, I propose two options:
> 
> - Un-obsolete the command, but keep it without binding (now done in 
> emacs-25). Since it's not used too often, no binding makes some sense, 
> and users can choose their own bindings.
> 
> - Also bind it to M-*. Pro: users will have something to press right 
> away. Cons: the change in binding is still confusing, and hopefully 
> we'll reimplement all these workflows in a different ways soon, thus 
> making tags-loop-continue binding even less necessary.

Unfortunately, I think it makes much more sense to bind
tags-loop-continue back to 'M-,', and bind xref-pop-marker-stack to
'M-*', the old binding of pop-tag-mark, which xref-pop-marker-stack
replaces.  When tags-loop-continue is no longer needed, we could use
its binding for xref-pop-marker-stack, but until then we cannot use
its key for an entirely different command, I think.