Re: "C-x 5 5" vs "C-x 4 1" inconsistency

[Daniel Martín]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
>> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
>> Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2021 11:10:50 +0300
>> 
>> >> I think this inconsistency is unfortunate and unjustified.  Can we
>> >> please move same-window-prefix to "C-x 4 5" for consistency with the
>> >> equivalent frame command?
>> >
>> > Sorry, I meant "C-x 4 4" and other-window-prefix.
>> 
>> Please explain where do you think is inconsistency.
>> 'C-x 4 4' is already bound to 'other-window-prefix'.
>
> But other-frame-prefix is "C-x 5 5".  This is inconsistent with other
> uses of these prefixes, specifically "C-x 5 2", "C-x 5 b", C-x 5 f",
> which have their "C-x 4" counterparts.

I agree it'd be nice to be consistent.  The argument about "C-x 4 4" and
"C-x 5 5" being easier to remember might not be relevant once the
commands are in muscle memory, I don't know.  I don't have a strong
opinion here.