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24.0.96; Keep `M-s' as a prefix key for search (conflict with Gnus)

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Juri Linkov'" <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: 11482 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11482: 24.0.96; Keep `M-s' as a prefix key for search (conflict with Gnus)
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 13:27:17 -0700

> > But if Gnus binds `M-s' to a command, that conflicts with 
> > the general use of `M-s' as a prefix key (for search).
> > That is the bug: Gnus should not bind `M-s' to a command.
> > `M-s' should remain a prefix key (for search).
> 
> Gnus could bind `gnus-summary-search-article-forward' to `M-s M-s'.
> It is still easy to type.

Obviously not what I was hoping for, since, as I say, Icicles uses `M-s M-s' as
a prefix key for all of its many (Icicles) search commands.

But it does satisfy the bug report, at least: it does not make `M-s' a simple
command binding.

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