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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:256787 Archived-At: Since keybindings are a strong emotional issue, I was hoping to divide and conquer the problem, i.e. first free up a new prefix key, then experiment by putting a set of related commands on that key -- rather than chasing our tails with arguments over which key to start wi= th. Stefan Monnier writes: > > 1. C-z as a prefix --- at present c-z runs suspend-frame under X= , and > > suspends Emacs on the console. >=20 > Then again, `C-z` is a standard binding for `undo`. ;-) >=20 > > Perhaps turn C-z into a new prefix key, and bind the above comm= ands > > to C-z z -- that gives us a whole new keymap to play with for t= he > > future. >=20 > It's true that there's some logic to use C-z, C-x, and C-c for stand= ard > prefix keys. Yet, I think this can only make sense if we have a cle= ar > idea of what kinds of bindings we'd put into this prefix. >=20 > > 2. F2 is currently taken up by 2c (2column support) and perhaps= it's > > time to recover that key, I suspect 2c is not as heavily use= d to > > justify a common key like F2, and it would still have C-x 6 > > dedicated to it if we take F2 away from it. >=20 > I agree that the binding of `f2` to `2C-command` can be dropped. > Not sure what to bind it to instead, OTOH. >=20 >=20 > Stefan --=20 =E2=99=89Id: kg:/m/0285kf1 =F0=9F=A6=AE=E2=99=89 -- ♉Id: kg:/m/0285kf1 🦮♉