Re: Concern about new binding.

[Sean Whitton]

Hello,

On Sat 06 Feb 2021 at 09:37PM +01, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:

> Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> writes:
>
>> I'm sorry for more bikeshedding, but may I suggest using C-x c instead
>> of C-x x?
>>
>> I just spent some time trying to repeatedly type C-x x followed by some
>> letter and I found that I kept typing C-x C-x by mistake.  Perhaps
>> others will have the same tendency.
>>
>> It also has the mnemonic that C-c C-something typically act
>> on the current buffer, and we're talking about current buffer commands.
>
> After trying it a bit, `C-x c' is indeed a bit easier to type than
> `C-x x', but as Eli says, it's a bit more dangerous...  At least
> `C-x C-x' is a harmless command.
>
> But speaking of `C-c' -- I just tried `C-c C-h' (to get a list of
> bindings under `C-c'), and all I got was:
>
> Global Bindings Starting With C-c:
> key             binding
> ---             -------
>
> And nothing more.  Same for `C-c C-x C-h'.  And it's this way in Emacs
> 25.1, too...

But those are reserved for major modes, right?  Or did you have
something else in mind?

-- 
Sean Whitton