RE: Recentish C-s M-y change

[Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>]

>   > This has been discussed many times, and the most promising solution is
>   > to add a single variable that will define whether the user prohibits
>   > changing the definitions of traditional keys.
> 
> I think that is a bad approach, and here is why.
> 
> Various changes are made in the Emacs user interface.  Occasionally
> there is one I find inconvenient and want to avoid.  But not all of
> them.  Probably not most of them.
> 
> I want options to undo the changes I don't like, but I don't
> want that to imply rejecting _all_ changes in a blanket way.
> 
> Now, if there are people who would like the ability to say, "Give me
> the Emacs 26 user interface," I don't object to offering it.  We could
> have a mechanism to associate user interface changes with major versions
> and then let users choose a version.
> 
> But this is not a substitute for letting people disable specific
> changes independently -- those changes which need it.  Some changes
> are easy to revert by setting a key binding, and they don't need
> an option.
> 
> We could pay attention to implementing a change, when possible, in a
> way that would make it easy to revert by setting a key binding or an
> option.  In other words, think in advance about the possibility that
> some people may not like the change.

This is exactly what I think those of us -
I, at least - who've not appreciated some
such changes, would like to say.  Thank
you for saying it clearly.