Re: Suggested experimental test

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 20:22:36 +0000
> From: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>
> cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org, 
>     Stephan.Mueller@microsoft.com
> 
> >>> I use C-o (usually followed by C-n) many times a day, instead of 
> >>> <Enter>, in order to suppress re-indentation of the current line in 
> >>> cases where that re-indentation will be incorrect for my purposes**.
> >>
> >> Oh, I see -- it's useful as an alternative to `RET' exactly when 
> >> re-indentation does the wrong thing?
> >
> > Yes, but not only that -- it doesn't move point to the next line, unlike 
> > RET.
> 
> Why should a control key must be reserved forever for that very specific 
> purpose, and for that very specific purpose only, in the default Emacs 
> bindings?

Opening an empty line is a very useful editing primitive, not unlike
going to the next line with RET.  Trying to change that will always
cause staunch resistance, especially when the purpose for which this
is done is vague and not perceived as important enough by enough
people.