Re: Fastest way for users to change between functionalities

[kf]

On 6/11/22 2:34 AM, goncholden via Users list for the GNU Emacs text 
editor wrote:
> What would be the fastest way for users to change between several modes of 
> functionalities?
>
> Minibuffer selections? Function calling with keybinding can be difficult 
> because one needs keys to bind them to. When one has many packages enabled, it 
> is difficult to find what good keybinding to use.

It can be difficult to determine a keybinding which thereafter will be 
intuitive.  I imagine being in the situation to use it and think about 
where my fingers want to go.  I also think of similarities to similar 
functionalities.

Once having thought of candidates, I use C-h k <candidate keybinding> to 
find if that keybinding is already defined (is already being used by 
some other functionality).  If it's not already defined, then it can be 
used.

It's a bit more work, but I also add the keybinding to a menu so that 
(1) a mouseclick can invoke that funcitonality, and (2) I can easily 
find what the keybinding is later when I've forgotten it.  :)

hth