I thought people would disagree w/ the use of function keys. Sure they cost a few keystrokes to hit but I don't find the cost that significant; usually I hit so

I thought people would disagree w/ the use of function keys. Sure they cost a few keystrokes to hit but I don't find the cost that significant; usually I hit something I've mapped to a fn key when my train of thought has come to an end or been interrupted. My global binding are below. M-F9 (compile) is the only one I regularly rebind for different modes. (define-key global-map [f1] 'vc-dir) (define-key global-map [f2] 'undo) (define-key global-map [f3] 'find-file) (define-key global-map [(meta f3)] 'switch-to-buffer) (define-key global-map [f4] 'set-mark-command) (define-key global-map [f5] 'kill-ring-save) (define-key global-map [(meta f5)] 'kill-region) (define-key global-map [f6] 'yank) (define-key global-map [(meta f6)] 'yank-pop) (define-key global-map [f7] 'save-buffer) (define-key global-map [(meta f7)] 'kill-buffer) (define-key global-map [f8] 'start-kbd-macro) (define-key global-map [(meta f8)] 'end-kbd-macro) (define-key global-map [f9] 'execute-extended-command) (define-key global-map [(meta f9)] 'compile) (define-key global-map [f10] 'eval-expression) (define-key global-map [f11] 'shell) (define-key global-map [f12] 'planner-create-task-from-buffer) (define-key global-map [(meta f12)] 'remember)