[O] Keyboard shortcut - is there a principle behind them?

2013-12-06 Thread Rainer M Krug
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi one alternative subject could be "because it is Friday"... I am using org-mode and ess regularly, and I use quite a few keyboard shortcuts, but each time I read about a new one, I am wondering: why the heck these specific (default!) keyboard short

Re: [O] Keyboard shortcut - is there a principle behind them?

2013-12-06 Thread Oleh
Initially the shortcuts were mnemonic, e.g. C-e: `move-end-of-line'. Obviously the keys ran out pretty quick. Now only few shortcuts are reserved for user space and plugins, the most notable of which is the `C-c` prefix. That's why most custom modes such as org-mode and ESS bind to shortcuts with `

Re: [O] Keyboard shortcut - is there a principle behind them?

2013-12-06 Thread Rainer M Krug
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/06/13, 10:49 , Oleh wrote: > Initially the shortcuts were mnemonic, e.g. C-e: > `move-end-of-line'. Obviously the keys ran out pretty quick. I can really imagine. But this explains some - but following your example: C-a moves to the beginning

Re: [O] Keyboard shortcut - is there a principle behind them?

2013-12-06 Thread Jonathan Leech-Pepin
Hello, On 6 December 2013 05:01, Rainer M Krug wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 12/06/13, 10:49 , Oleh wrote: >> Initially the shortcuts were mnemonic, e.g. C-e: >> `move-end-of-line'. Obviously the keys ran out pretty quick. > > I can really imagine. But this e