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changeset 44733:d49f5ed1a977
Clarify which letters in C-c LETTER are reserved for users.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Mon, 22 Apr 2002 07:52:50 +0000 |
| parents | a3338547dad4 |
| children | 712ef4d4683e |
| files | lispref/tips.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/tips.texi Mon Apr 22 07:51:28 2002 +0000 +++ b/lispref/tips.texi Mon Apr 22 07:52:50 2002 +0000 @@ -129,16 +129,17 @@ @cindex reserved keys @cindex keys, reserved Please do not define @kbd{C-c @var{letter}} as a key in your major -modes. These sequences are reserved for users; they are the -@strong{only} sequences reserved for users, so do not block them. +modes. Sequences consisting of @kbd{C-c} and a letter (either upper +or lower case) are reserved for users; they are the @strong{only} +sequences reserved for users, so do not block them. -Instead, define sequences consisting of @kbd{C-c} followed by a control -character, a digit, or certain punctuation characters. These sequences -are reserved for major modes. +Changing all the Emacs major modes to respect this convention was a +lot of work; abandoning this convention would make that work go to +waste, and inconvenience users. Please comply with it. -Changing all the Emacs major modes to follow this convention was a lot -of work. Abandoning this convention would make that work go to waste, -and inconvenience users. +@item +Sequences consisting of @kbd{C-c} followed by a control character or a +digit are reserved for major modes. @item Sequences consisting of @kbd{C-c} followed by @kbd{@{}, @kbd{@}},