Discussions about key bindings

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

I find the recent spate of discussions about key bindings for
third-party code rather befuddling.  It's been suggested that Magit
should move their bindings to `C-x v', and it's been suggested that
there should be a number of bindings that should be reserved for
third-party packages, and they should share them.

It's befuddling because it's irrelevant: People who write packages will
bind commands to whatever keys they want to, and people who use those
package will either accept those bindings or not (by not using the
package, or rebinding the keys).

People are free to create whatever packages they want, with whatever key
bindings they wish, and people are free to use (or not use) those
packages.  It's not up to us, so discussing this stuff here is
irrelevant.

Now, anybody's also free to think that the bindings by package X are
stupid, and are free to say so: Freedom from being "tsked" at is not one
of the freedoms set out in the GNU Manifesto.  But suggesting that an
enormously successful and well-made package like Magit is doing
something wrong by binding `C-x g' is borderline rude.

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