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Alan Mackenzie wrote:

>> If you have not used it, the first time you call it in a consecutive
>> sequence, it acts like `just-one-space'.
>
> Not quite.  It's more complicated than that.

Please say how (were you referring to Johan's point?), otherwise this is
not helpful.

> `cycle-spacing' has lots of complicated edge cases.

Could you give say two examples of such cases?

You could avoid all the extra functionality by simply not using the
command more than once in a row (a no-op for just-one-space).

> It seems to violate the KISS principle.

So do many things. cc-bytecomp is a favourite of mine.

> Please keep M-SPC bound to `just-one-space'.

For ever, or for now?