bug#29430: bug#37447: 26.3; Commands on <delete> and <backspace>

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> CC: "larsi@gnus.org" <larsi@gnus.org>,
>         "npostavs@users.sourceforge.net"
>       <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net>,
>         "Emacs-Hacker2017@jovi.net"
>       <Emacs-Hacker2017@jovi.net>,
>         "37447@debbugs.gnu.org" <37447@debbugs.gnu.org>,
>         "29430@debbugs.gnu.org" <29430@debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:16:32 +0000
> Accept-Language: en-US
> 
> > > > > [C-M-delete] is problematic for MS Windows, no?
> > > >
> > > > Problematic in what sense?
> > >
> > > By default, at least, it's grabbed by Windows.
> > 
> > But that hasn't changed just because Emacs now has a binding to that
> > key, has it?  IOW, whatever problems Windows users had or didn't have
> > before the change, they still either have or don't have.
> 
> Yes, of course.  But without binding it by default
> users are less likely to suffer the gotcha.

How so?  The probability of users using the key is independent of
whether Emacs does or doesn't define a key binding for it.  Besides,
who are those Windows users that don't know about Ctrl-Alt-Del
sequence, and are likely to use it without understanding what they
will get?