Re: [External] : Re: Concern about new binding.

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Fri, 05 Feb 2021 09:54:49 +0200, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> said:
    >> Incompatibilities include changing the behavior of a series of keys
    >> which isn't erroneous (for instance, C-x o o or C-x o ,).
    >> 
    >> An example of violating a pattern is defining C-x followed by a
    >> capital letter to mean something different from the corresponding
    >> lower-case letter.

    Eli> I think keeping these patterns could be a good idea, but if we want
    Eli> these patterns not to be violated, we need to document them first.
    Eli> Right now, none of these two patterns are documented (AFAICT), and at
    Eli> least for me it was a surprise to learn that they are patterns we are
    Eli> supposed to try not to break.

I can understand why we should avoid changing C-x o o behaviour, but
what's the rationale for the capital letter after C-x rule? Itʼs not
like Iʼm likely to type a capital by mistake (and eg edebug already
doesnʼt follow this rule, since it binds 'C-x X <letter>' commands).

Robert