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

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> writes:

> Hello Gregory,
>
> On Sun 07 Feb 2021 at 10:05PM GMT, Gregory Heytings wrote:
>
>> It is proposed to repurpose one key, and to reserve it in the key binding
>> conventions for third-party packages.  The keys that could be reserved for
>> that purpose are:
>>
>> Option 1. C-z, with a single exception: "C-z C-z" would be bound to
>> "suspend-frame"
>>
>> Option 2. C-z and M-z, with two exceptions: "C-z C-z" would be bound to
>> "suspend-frame", and "M-z M-z" to "zap-to-char"
>>
>> Option 3. C-o, with a single exception: "C-o C-o" would be bound to
>> "open-line"
>>
>> Option 4. C-o and M-o, with two exceptions: "C-o C-o" would be bound to
>> "open-line", and "M-o M-o" to "facemenu-keymap"
>
> C-z seems like the obvious choice out of these -- it's a duplicate
> binding, there was a lot of support for repurposing it in that recent
> thread, and those who were a bit reticent about repurposing were okay
> with the idea of C-z C-z suspending the frame with something in the
> message area after a single C-z.

If C-x C-z is already `suspend-frame', do we really need C-z C-z, too?