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From: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: Repurpose one key and reserve it for third-party packages
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 11:07:22 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3966473cc1f3b3461943@heytings.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SA2PR10MB44740762D80C46278FCB4403F38E9@SA2PR10MB4474.namprd10.prod.outlook.com>


>>> My proposal is to separate any and all such possible default 
>>> key-binding _changes_ from the simple act of declaring the keys so far 
>>> unbound by default to be reserved for 3rd-party code.
>>
>> That just can't happen, it would be a arbitrary constraint that would 
>> impair Emacs' evolution, it would mean that hundreds of small or large 
>> potential improvements would not be possible anymore.
>
> Not at all.  It would mean that Emacs would try harder not to add new 
> default key bindings.
>

I see your point, but two maintainers clearly replied to your proposal and 
said they will never agree with it.  IMO it would be better to take that 
as a postulate for further reflection.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-02-10 11:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 78+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-08 10:02 PROPOSAL: Repurpose one key and reserve it for third-party packages Gregory Heytings
2021-02-08 16:41 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-08 22:01 ` Francis Belliveau
2021-02-09  0:05   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-09  8:36     ` "Windows" key [was: Repurpose one key and reserve it for third-party] packages tomas
2021-02-10 22:54     ` PROPOSAL: Repurpose one key and reserve it for third-party packages Francis Belliveau
2021-02-09  6:31 ` Jean Louis
2021-02-09  9:13   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-10 11:17     ` Jean Louis
2021-02-09 17:13   ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-09 17:49     ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-09 18:12       ` Drew Adams
2021-02-09 19:23         ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-09 20:52           ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-09 21:15             ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-09 21:47               ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-09 22:06                 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-09 22:58                   ` Drew Adams
2021-02-09 23:23                     ` Drew Adams
2021-02-09 23:48                     ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-10 11:07                 ` Gregory Heytings [this message]
2021-02-10  9:05               ` Robert Thorpe
2021-02-10 14:42                 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-10 14:59                   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-10 11:33       ` [External] : " Jean Louis
2021-02-10 11:41         ` Thibaut Verron
2021-02-10 15:29           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-10 11:30     ` Jean Louis
2021-02-09  8:13 ` Marcin Borkowski
2021-02-09  9:13   ` Gregory Heytings
     [not found] <7ef75c33936136eb3a20@heytings.org>
     [not found] ` <8735y56naf.fsf@posteo.net>
     [not found]   ` <8ed9b43502ae9a36b057@heytings.org>
     [not found]     ` <87tuqk6d9d.fsf@posteo.net>
     [not found]       ` <3966473cc1ab9f104724@heytings.org>
2021-02-10 23:35         ` Philip K.
2021-02-11  8:45           ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-11 13:53             ` Philip K.
2021-02-11 15:47               ` Philip K.
2021-02-11 15:59               ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-11 16:20                 ` Philip K.
2021-02-11 17:48                   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-11 18:34                     ` Philip K.
2021-02-11 21:15                       ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-11 22:48                         ` Philip K.
2021-02-12  0:01                           ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-12 10:27                             ` Philip K.
2021-02-12 11:59                               ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-12 13:23                                 ` Philip K.
2021-02-12 13:54                                   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-12 14:09                                     ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-12 16:04                                       ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-12 17:25                                         ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-12 17:54                                           ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-12 18:16                                             ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-12 21:48                                               ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-13  0:37                                                 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-13  8:33                                                   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-13  9:09                                                     ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-13 13:06                                                       ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-13 14:28                                                         ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-13 15:01                                                           ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-13 16:08                                                             ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-13 15:02                                                           ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-13 15:21                                                             ` Jean Louis
2021-02-13 15:28                                                               ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-13 20:14                                                             ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-13 20:58                                                               ` Jean Louis
2021-02-13 21:18                                                               ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-13 21:32                                                                 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-13 10:05                                                     ` Jean Louis
2021-02-13  8:24                                                 ` Jean Louis
2021-02-13 12:44                                                   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-13 14:26                                                     ` Jean Louis
2021-02-13 15:09                                                       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-13 15:24                                                         ` Jean Louis
2021-02-13 15:38                                                           ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-13 15:45                                                             ` Jean Louis
2021-02-12  4:45                           ` Robert Thorpe
2021-02-12  9:58                             ` Philip K.
2021-02-11 16:59             ` Leo Butler
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2021-02-15 19:01 Gregory Heytings
2021-02-15 19:55 ` Dmitry Gutov

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