Re: POLL: make C-x o transient

[Philip K.]

aitor <a.soroa@gmail.com> writes:

> On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 09:39:00AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> > Which will make `C-x o` invoke a transient version of `other-window'
>> > like `text-scale-adjust’ does.
>> 
>> I think the pattern is clear: `C-x <letter>` are good candidates ;-)
>
> Sorry to chime in with an off-topic issue, but I once wrote the following in 
> my
> init.el file:
>
> ;; move thorugh windows
> (global-set-key (kbd "C-x <left>")  'windmove-left)
> (global-set-key (kbd "C-x <right>") 'windmove-right)
> (global-set-key (kbd "C-x <up>")    'windmove-up)
> (global-set-key (kbd "C-x <down>")  'windmove-down)

If you don't use the arrow keys for regular navigation, you could just
as well bind the windmove commands directly to up/down/left/right.

> and never have looked back since. This is very useful for me, particularly 
> when
> dealing with many windows (gdb-many-windows, etc).
>
> best,
>                         aitor
>
>

-- 
        Philip K.