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> Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 16:51:47 +0000
> From: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>
> cc: larsi@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> >> I see your points, but all this is rather sad, because it means that 
> >> Emacs is forever locked by what looks very much like a historical 
> >> accident.
> >
> > I disagree, on both counts: Emacs isn't locked, and what we have is not 
> > an accident.
> 
> I think you understood what I meant: the "C-o" key is locked in the 
> default bindings, and the fact that "C-o" was bound to open-line is a 
> historical accident.

Yes, understood and disagreed with both.