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From: Angelo Graziosi <angelo.graziosi@alice.it>
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Subject: Re: angle-bracket notation for keys
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:51:19 +0200
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Il 18/07/2010 3.54, Drew Adams ha scritto:
> [...]
> And unnecessary.  `<S-tab>' etc. used to (sometimes) be written `S-tab' or
> `S-TAB'.  But, sigh, function keys have always been written in Emacs (e.g. in
> Info) using angle brackets, IIRC.  Even Emacs 20's Info uses `<F1>' to represent
> the `f1' key, though it at least writes `f1' or f1 in *Help*.  Emacs 22 was
> "improved" to make this consistent - consistently ugly.
> [...]

C-INS
C-DEL
C-LEFT
C-RIGHT
F1-...
S-TAB

etc. etc.

Since *you*, developers, have spent much time discussing on the 
'attractiveness' of Emacs, this would be a simple step toward that :-).

Ciao,
Angelo.