Re: New key binding syntax

[John Yates]

On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 10:25 PM Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote:
> There is value in having the same string being presented by `C-h b' as
> the one you use in your .emacs -- there's no confusion about whether
> there's any difference between "C-c C-M-a" and "C-c   M-C-a", and when
> Emacs says that the key is "C-c C-M-a", you know that you can grep the
> sources for exactly the string "C-c C-M-a" and find the binding.

Can you point to other situations, familiar to Emacs users, where a similar
formulation of whitespace occurs?  Contrast that with the nearly countless
context in which whitespace is a lexical pattern.

And in Emacs especially, when would I grep for the source of a binding
after having it displayed by Emacs.  My immediate response would be
"C-h k".

Finally, I will point out that you are retracting current keydef functionality.

/john