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

[Arthur Miller]

Thibaut Verron <thibaut.verron@gmail.com> writes:

> 2021-02-08 5:52 UTC+01:00, Robin Tarsiger <rtt@dasyatidae.com>:
>> Gregory Heytings wrote:
>>> 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"
>>
>> In my own init code, I use f8 as a prefix key for a bunch of custom
>> bindings,
>> including for global Calc, SLIME, and Org commands. This seems similar in
>> general
>> nature to the desired use for third-party packages, and I notice that f5--f8
>> are
>> all available in vanilla Emacs. That would obviously be less disruptive
>> than
>> repurposing an existing key, but I don't know how reachable those keys are
>> in
>> everyone's configurations.
>
> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Key-Binding-Conventions.html
>
> Those keys are explicitly left for the user to define.
What I see is missing here, is the most important option: to hire a
secretary to Mr. Eli so he can actually get some work done amongst this
flood of emails going on for days now on this über-important topic of
which key to use or not use ... :-)