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

[Drew Adams]

> > Perhaps a better way to update the documented key binding
> > conventions is to add the rule that packages should
> > generally not create global key bindings.
> 
> That's another solution indeed, but IMO it is not a reasonable one.  It
> is reasonable for a package to create global bindings, to write its
> documentation with these bindings, and for users to install the package
> and to access it through these bindings without having to set specific
> configuration options beforehand.  It is IMO not reasonable to require
> from all users to add "global-set-key"s in their configuration before
> using a package.
> 
> > Reserving keys for external packages won't solve the fundamental
> > problem here: two external packages may still decide to use the
> > same key bindings, causing similar conflicts for users that install both.
> 
> That's a similar, but different problem: it's a conflict between
> package X and package Y, not a conflict between package X and Emacs.
> Moreover the likelihood that two packages use the same keys is much
> lower when many keys are available.

100% agreement.