From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Deprecated C-x bindings Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:17:54 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87mz3rzjad.fsf@pacem.orebokech.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1170764268 27770 80.91.229.12 (6 Feb 2007 12:17:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 12:17:48 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 06 13:17:43 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HEPGZ-0001bO-F3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:17:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HEPGV-0007UM-NN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:17:39 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HEPGJ-0007U1-Au for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:17:27 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HEPGI-0007Tl-HM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:17:26 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HEPGI-0007Ti-Ct for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:17:26 -0500 Original-Received: from pfepb.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.236]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HEPGI-0004mW-3U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:17:26 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (unknown [80.165.4.124]) by pfepb.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 5734BA50059 for ; Tue, 6 Feb 2007 13:17:19 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <87mz3rzjad.fsf@pacem.orebokech.com> (Romain Francoise's message of "Tue\, 06 Feb 2007 11\:12\:42 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.93 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:66014 Archived-At: Romain Francoise writes: > The following bindings were marked as deprecated in Emacs 20: > > C-x / (point-to-register-compatibility-binding) > C-x j (jump-to-register-compatibility-binding) > C-x x (copy-to-register-compatibility-binding) > C-x g (insert-register-compatibility-binding) > > There are equivalent bindings in the C-x r map, which is the logical > place for register commands. > > We might want to use these keys for more interesting things in the > future, so now (before the release) would be a good time to reclaim > them. Agree 100%!! Removing them now will give users of those bindings a couple of years (using emacs 22) to teach their fingers the new bindings before we use them for something else in emacs 23. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk