Re: $ collision

[Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>]

On Sun, 17 Oct 2010 16:09:22 +0200 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote: 

LMI> I recently bound `$' to `gnus-summary-mark-as-spam', but nnmairix uses
LMI> this command for its keymap.

We discussed this back in 2003 or so.  Everyone agreed `$' made sense
but for various reasons the `M-d' binding prevailed.

FWIW I would make `$ $' the command.  It has wonderful mnemonic value
and will fit right in with the nnmairix bindings.

On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:33:25 +0200 Richard Riley <rileyrg@googlemail.com> wrote: 

RR> Is M-d not the standard for mark as spam? Why another binding that
RR> causes conflicts?

It's not mnemonic at all.  I personally use `C-s'.

On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:33:14 +0200 asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) wrote: 

AS> I think it makes a lot of sense to have the character used to indicate
AS> the mark also be used to set the mark (the ones I use most being !, *,
AS> and #)?

That's the best argument in favor of `$'.  But I think `$ $' is a nice
way of saying "spam spam spam spam spam spam wonderful spam"[1] without
angering the millions of nnmairix users out there :)

Ted

[1] (bloody Vikings)