Re: [CVS] f7, f8 bound..

[Miles Bader]

On Sun, Sep 01, 2002 at 08:03:21AM +0200, huug wrote:
> By which standard was <f10> to do what?

It pops up the menus.

> Whatever it was, I cannot recall having encountered something even
> approaching a standard for it (nor does Notepad;)

The last time it was discussed, people came up with a list of things that use
F10; in any case, it was `enough to matter.'

> And <f1> may be standard, but Emacs doesn't adhere.  Minimally, it
> should do a C-h r, or better look up the current mode in the manual.

The only standardized thing about F1 is that it `brings up help' in some way.
The details vary widely over time and among different programs, and emacs'
method is as good as any.  As long as users know to hit it, they can follow
the prompts from there.

> Maybe change the behaviour of unbound keys from <beep> to
> (what-do-you-want-me-to-do)?

That sounds _extremely_ annoying...

-Miles
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