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

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
> Cc: rms@gnu.org,  ofv@wanadoo.es,  drew.adams@oracle.com,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2021 11:04:24 +0100
> 
> 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).

Richard explained that up-thread; perhaps he could expand his
explanation.  I believe it has to do with the possibility that you
hold the Shift key knowing that it won't matter.

In any case, if we decide we want to keep this rule, we will explain
its rationale in the manual.