From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stefan Monnier" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: bindings reserved for users Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 05:32:11 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <200204220932.g3M9WBD32361@rum.cs.yale.edu> References: <17c.7222f1e.29f41d85@aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1019469627 3310 127.0.0.1 (22 Apr 2002 10:00:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:00:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16zacV-0000rH-00 for ; Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:00:27 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16zad9-0000bf-00 for ; Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:01:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16zacL-00020N-00; Mon, 22 Apr 2002 06:00:17 -0400 Original-Received: from rum.cs.yale.edu ([128.36.229.169]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16zaBC-00080h-00; Mon, 22 Apr 2002 05:32:14 -0400 Original-Received: (from monnier@localhost) by rum.cs.yale.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g3M9WBD32361; Mon, 22 Apr 2002 05:32:11 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.4 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 Original-To: PPAATT@aol.com Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:3012 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:3012 > C-h b describe-bindings tells me M-n M-o M-p > are not bound, but ( C-h i m emacs RET m > keymaps RET ) doesn't mention that fact. Some bindings are unused in the global map but are used in various particular major modes and or minor modes. This is why M-n and M-p and M-o are not reserved for users: they are reserved for the use of a major modes. You can use them, of course, but at the risk of seeing them inoperant in some cases (e.g. M-n and M-p are very often bound to something that goes to the "previous/next input in history") Stefan