bug#50727: Contradictory conventions with new command kbd-macro-display

[Marco Wahl]

Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> writes:

> Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org> writes:
>
>> It's 'kbd-macro-redisplay', not 'kbd-macro-display'.
>
> Sorry, yes: `kbd-macro-redisplay'.
>
>> Indeed it conflicts with the keys that are supposed to be reserved for
>> user bindings, but it is by far not the only one:
>>
>> C-x C-k Q    kdb-macro-redisplay
>> C-x C-k b    kmacro-bind-to-key
>> C-x C-k e    edit-kbd-macro
>> C-x C-k l    kmacro-edit-lossage
>> C-x C-k n    kmacro-name-last-macro
>> C-x C-k q    kbd-macro-query
>> C-x C-k r    apply-macro-to-region-lines
>> C-x C-k s    kmacro-start-macro
>> C-x C-k x    kmacro-to-register
>
> I believe only the first one of these breaks the convention, as it is
> the only one to use an upper-case letter.

Thanks for pointing out the issue!

Now what to do?

What about dropping key sequence C-x C-k Q and use C-x C-k d instead?
Or even dropping that key sequence entirey?

I vote for keeping a key sequence for kdb-macro-redisplay, tho.