Re: binding ibuffer to C-x C-b by default

[Deniz Dogan]

2010/10/8 David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
> Deniz Dogan <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> 2010/10/7 Dan Nicolaescu <address@hidden>:
>>>
>>> This was discussed briefly a few years ago and Stefan (and other
>>> people) agreed with it: how about we map ibuffer to C-x C-b by default
>>> in Emacs-24?
>>>
>>> ibuffer is a superset of list-buffers, and it provides many things
>>> that list-buffers does not.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> If a significant majority of experienced Emacs users prefer to use
>> ibuffer instead of list-buffers (which is what I believe) what is the
>> problem with making this change?
>
> Thinking like a suitor rather than a programmer.
>
> Making a choice between two different feature sets that both have
> deficiencies is the wrong thing to do if we can instead create a version
> that does not contain the particular weaknesses of either.
>

Binding C-x C-b only changes a key binding. This has nothing to do
with modifying list-buffers or ibuffer, neither does it affect anyone
with the intentions of doing that.

-- 
Deniz Dogan