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Subject: Re: org-mode + icicles, avoid key binding redefinitions?
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To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
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Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>  * Sequences consisting of `C-c' followed by any other punctuation
>    character are allocated for minor modes.  Using them in a major
>    mode is not absolutely prohibited, but if you do that, the major
>    mode binding may be shadowed from time to time by minor modes.
>
> IOW, no major mode should bind any of the latter group of keys,
> including `C-'' and `C-`', and any minor mode may do so - whether
> that mode is "official" or not.

We are talking about C-c ' but I think that's a typo in the
paragraph above, since the manual you quote is about C-c '.

> 1b. There is no global default binding for `C-'' in `emacs -Q'.
> And there should not be, since it is reserved for minor modes.
>
> I don't know whether Org binds `C-'' for a minor mode or for
> a major mode, but if it is the latter then it is in violation
> of the convention.

As the manual says, this is not prohibited, just discouraged.

You're of course allowed to shadow C-c ' in your code.

-- 
 Bastien