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> From: lisa-asket@perso.be
> Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:15:01 +0200 (CEST)
> 
> M-; starts a comment in all major modes, is that what you want?
> 
> I want some kind of replacement, because I want to avoid having to press 
> the Shift Key frequently to get `@` and `*`.  
> 
> I could write `;h1` to get `@c h1 *`, with the number of `*` being defined
> by the numeric value preceeding the letter `h`.

I don't understand: what Shift key?  M-; doesn't require any Shift
keys, and it inserts @c in Texinfo.  So what is the problem?