Re: Possible to rebind C-m to a function? (like any other control key combo?)

[Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com>]

On Nov 29, 10:31 am, Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> seber...@spawar.navy.mil wrote:
> > Why? C-i is sooo natural for an insert function and C-m is sooo
> > natural for a macro function.
>
> `C-c i' and `C-c m' might be better:
>
> ,---- File: emacs,  Node: Rebinding,  Next: Init Rebinding,  Prev:
> Minibuffer Maps,  Up: Key Bindings
> |
> |    The two-character keys consisting of `C-c' followed by a letter are
> | reserved for user customizations.  Lisp programs are not supposed to
> | define these keys, so the bindings you make for them will be available
> | in all major modes and will never get in the way of anything.
> `----

This, although being emacs's canon, but perhaps it is not a good thing
to spread, because C-c is the modern standard for Coping text, used by
Windows, Mac, Linux.

Emacs 23 by default now supports text selection highlighting, although
not CUA mode. Spreading C-c will make it more painful if emacs is to
change on this in the future.

just today i'm reaing about Google Chrome.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome
you can see that there are a lot innovations, which by definition
means a lot of breaking “old ways”. Emacs is pretty much remained the
old ways all the way back to 1980s. Some of the old ways are
technically superior, but not all.

  Xah
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