Move "Respond in place" from "Prompt from" to "Response to"

[fniessen]

From a user perspective, when thinking about "where will the response go?", Respond in place feels like an answer to that question.

Currently, it is grouped under Prompt from, which can be a bit counter-intuitive. The option does not really describe the source of the prompt, but rather the destination of the generated response.

It might be more natural to move Respond in place under Response to, alongside the other response destinations such as:

• After point in current buffer
• New buffer
• Kill ring

This would make the mental model more consistent:

• Prompt from → where the prompt comes from.
• Response to → where the response goes.

The current organization is certainly understandable once you know the feature, but for new users the placement can be slightly surprising because they tend to think in terms of response destination rather than prompt source.

Expected benefit

• Better alignment with user expectations.
• Reduced cognitive friction when discovering configuration options.
• More consistent separation between prompt origin and response destination settings.

[karthink]

The reason i is in line with the "prompt from" group is that it is mutually exclusive with the other options in the group (m and y). That is, you cannot pick i and one of m or y. Similarly, all the "response to" destinations are mutually exclusive with each other.

But you can pick i and one of e, g, b and k. The description of RET at the end tells you what the net effect will be of doing this.

So I don't think it makes sense to move it to the "response to" group.

I agree that its behavior is slightly different from m and y. I tried to emphasize this by setting it apart from the others with a blank space above.

[karthink]

Please let me know if that makes sense, and if you have any other suggestions for making the menu easier to follow.