Re: Add function to rotate/transpose all windows

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
> Cc: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>,  "eliz@gnu.org" <eliz@gnu.org>,
>  emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2024 09:07:46 +0200
> 
> > So the function names and file is now decided(Eli, do yo agree so
> > far?), we just need to finalise the bindings.
> >
> > Are you all fine with:
> >
> > - rotate-window-layout-clockwise: C-x w r
> > - rotate-window-layout-anticlockwise: C-x w C-r
> > - flip-window-layout-horizontally: Option 1: "C-x w h"
> >                                    Option 2: "C-x w f"
> > - flip-window-layout-vertically: Option 1: "C-x w v"
> >                                  Option 2: "C-x w C-f"
> > (Maybe we could use C-f for horizontal flip, depending on which one will
> > be used more)
> > - rotate-windows: None, for now
> > - rotate-windows-back
> 
> None for rotate-windows?  What about using the prefix
> 'C-x w l' for layout commands?  Then:
> 
> - rotate-window-layout-clockwise:         C-x w l r
> - rotate-window-layout-anticlockwise: M-- C-x w l r (with negative argument)
> - flip-window-layout-horizontally:        C-x w l h
> - flip-window-layout-vertically:          C-x w l v
> - rotate-windows:                         C-x w r
> - rotate-windows-back:                M-- C-x w r (with negative argument)

Why are we allocating key bindings to commands before they are enough
time in use to know whether they will be used frequently enough to
justify a default binding?  There's nothing wrong with a command which
has no bindings, there are gobs of them in Emacs.

Let's not rush into reserving key bindings we are not sure will be
needed, because it will be nigh impossible to change or remove them
later.