Re: Suggested experimental test

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   >> I see your points, but all this is rather sad, because it means that 
   >> Emacs is forever locked by what looks very much like a historical 
   >> accident.
   >
   > I disagree, on both counts: Emacs isn't locked, and what we have is not 
   > an accident.

   I think you understood what I meant: the "C-o" key is locked in the 
   default bindings, and the fact that "C-o" was bound to open-line is a 
   historical accident.

C-o is bound where it is because when Emacs was written, someone --
most probpobly RMS -- bound it there, so it isn't really a historical
accident but rather an active design decision. There is also a reason
why C-x C-o where it is.