Re: Proposal: "C-z <letter>" reserved for users

[Leo Butler]

Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> writes:

>>>>>> S Boucher via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 
>>>>>> <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:
>
>     > C-z is bound to a low frequency use function
>     > (suspend-frame)... and speaking for myself, I probably can count
>     > on one hand the number of times I've used it in the last 25years
>     > :-)
>
>     > I would suggest:1) move suspend-frame to "C-c C-z" (that is still
>     > a quick shortcut) 2) reserve C-z <letter> for users That still
>     > leaves a whole lot with C-z C-... C-z M-...
>
> As way of an illustration of the legion of different emacs usages, I use
> C-z to suspend the frame several times a day. This is because I have an
> emacs always open in a terminal and C-z is a simple way of getting back
> to the terminal - easier, I find, than opening a shell in the already
> terminal-running emacs. C-c C-z is not as convenient.
>
> Best wishes,

To pile on:

elscreen.el uses C-z 0, C-z 1, etc. for jumping to screen 0, 1,
etc. Since I use emacs -nw --daemon, I am happy to have C-z co-opted by
elscreen.el.

Leo