Re: PROPOSAL: Repurpose one key and reserve it for third-party packages

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hello, Richard.

On Sun, Feb 07, 2021 at 22:46:37 -0500, Richard Stallman wrote:
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>   > Option 1. C-z, with a single exception: "C-z C-z" would be bound to 
>   > "suspend-frame"

> I think that these changes for C-z, M-z and C-o would be a big pain in
> the neck.

> However, it would be possible to make M-z M-ANYTHING available for
> other bindings and reserve them for whatever we wish.  That would not
> conflict with the current meaning of M-z, because meta characters
> can't be in the buffer.

> The binding of M-m is less useful than many other keys.  Perhaps it
> could be given to some other use.

Please not.  I use M-m frequently.  If that binding were to be removed,
there would be no good way of doing what it does.  C-a M-f M-b is not
good.  I think the existence of bindings like C-o and M-m is one of the
differences between Emacs and lesser editors that makes Emacs so good.

I don't use C-z or M-z myself, but that's no reason for me to advocate
reassigning those keys to something else.

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> Dr Richard Stallman
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Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).