nnmairix and nnir key bindings

nnmairix and nnir key bindings

[Reiner Steib]

Hi,

I start anew thread about key bindings of the (new) Gnus search
facilities, nnir.el and nnmairix.el.

From an earlier discussion...

In article <kz4pbud4ae.fsf@kafka.physik3.gwdg.de>, on Feb 27 2008, David wrote:
| Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:
|> We also want to install nnir.el soon.  nnir.el uses `G G' (only a
|> single binding).  (And there's contrib/gnus-namazu.el which uses `C-c
|> C-n' when `gnus-namazu-insinuate' is called).  Maybe we should think
|> about using some two key stroke prefix for mail search facilities (I'm
|> not sure if it makes sense to use nnir.el and nnmairix.el at the same
|> time).
|
| Some people might want to use nnir.el e.g. for IMAP and nnmairix.el for
| locally stored archive groups, so it should be possible to use both.
|
|> For the Group mode, we could use e.g. `G b', `G B' or `G G' as prefix
|> for (mail) search.  In the Summary mode, we may use the same prefix or
|> a different one.  I don't have a strong opinion on this.  (`G b' runs
|> `gnus-summary-best-unread-article', but it is also on `,', so we may
|> steal this or move it to `G B'.)  Opinions?
|
| Using the same prefix in group and summary mode is a good idea.

Here are three alternatives.  I'd suggest to go for (a).  Opinions?
Other suggestions?

(a) Establish `G G' as a prefix for all search facilities in Gnus.
    `G G' is not used in Gnus upto now (beside nnir.el).

    - Change nnmairix to use the prefix `G G' instead of `G b' in
      group and instead of `$ ...' in summary mode.

      Use `G G m ...' (nn*m*airix) for not so frequently used nnmairix
      commands.
    
    - Change nnir.el's `G G' to some other `G G' prefixed key, e.g. 
      `G G i' (nn*i*r).

(b) Establish `G B' as a prefix for all search facilities in Gnus.
    `G B' is not used in Gnus upto now.

    - Change nnmairix to use the prefix `G B' instead of `G b' in
      group and instead of `$ ...' in summary mode.

      Use `G B m ...' (nn*m*airix) for not so frequently used nnmairix
      commands.
    
    - Change nnir.el's `G G' to some `G B' prefixed key, e.g. `G B i'
      (nn*i*r).

(c) Establish `G b' as a prefix for all search facilities in Gnus.
    `G b' is used in Gnus for `gnus-summary-best-unread-article'.

    - Change nnmairix to use the prefix `G b' instead of `$ ...' in
      summary mode.

      Use `G b m ...' (nn*m*airix) for not so frequently used nnmairix
      commands.
    
    - Change nnir.el's `G G' to some `G b' prefixed key, e.g. `G b i'
      (nn*i*r).

    - Move the `G b' binding of `gnus-summary-best-unread-article' to
      `G B'.

Bye, Reiner.
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Re: nnmairix and nnir key bindings

[David Engster]

Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:
> (a) Establish `G G' as a prefix for all search facilities in Gnus.
>
>     `G G' is not used in Gnus upto now (beside nnir.el).
>
>     - Change nnmairix to use the prefix `G G' instead of `G b' in
>       group and instead of `$ ...' in summary mode.
>
>       Use `G G m ...' (nn*m*airix) for not so frequently used nnmairix
>       commands.
>
>     - Change nnir.el's `G G' to some other `G G' prefixed key, e.g. 
>       `G G i' (nn*i*r).

I also vote for (a), at least for the current situation where nnir only
needs one key binding in group and summary mode. However, if there are
plans to add more commands to nnir, it might be better to use different
prefixes for both back ends.

Regards,
David