Re: [Feature Request] More flexibility in org-speed-commands customization

[Marco Wahl]

Hi Gustavo,

> Org's speed keys are a very interesting feature to which I've long
> been attracted to.  And indeed, I've flirted with it a number of times
> in the past.  But every time I do so, I end up stepping back, because
> I get weary of fat fingering my documents.  The whole set of speed
> keys is more powerful than what I would wish.  I'd love to have speed
> keys for navigation and visibility, but I would also gladly refrain
> from these "too handy" editing keys.
>
> As things stand, the speed keys are defined by combining
> `org-speed-commands-default', a defconst, and
> `org-speed-commands-user', a defcustom.  But the former already
> contains a large set of speed keys, including some quite powerful
> editing ones.  And it is thus hard to remove these keys.
>
> Of course, it is possible.  We could shadow the same key in
> `org-speed-commands-user' to do nothing.  Or, though a defconst, 
> `org-speed-commands-default' can be redefined after loading Org.  The
> first is clumsy, and renders the `org-speed-command-help' buffer quite 
> confusing.  The second feels wrong (because it is).
>
> I don't know if there is a strong reason to hard-code the set of keys
> in `org-speed-commands-default'.  But, if there isn't, could you
> consider (somehow) exposing the whole set of `org-speed-commands' to
> user customization?

This sounds like a good idea to me.

Do you already have a respective patch?


Best regards,
-- Marco