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

[Richard Stallman]

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  > > So you can type C-α C-α Foopkg RET, then C-α gives you the Foopkg 
  > > bindings.
  > >

  > I'm not sure I understand what you mean.  Would this mean that each time 
  > you want to use, say, Org-mode you would have to C-α C-α org-mode RET 
  > before typing C-α c?  If so, I don't think this would work.

Org is a collection of major modes, so I don't think it should need to
use the C-α mechanism.  That mechanism would be meant for packages
that need to define a binding for a global prefix key.  Major modes
can simply define local bindings.

  > Org-mode also binds keys (at least one) globally
  > that (AFAIK) cannot possibly have a use outside
  > of an org-mode buffer.

Perhaps they should be changed into local (major mode) bindings.

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