GNU bug report logs - #3540
Please reserve a ctrl-key combination for interoperability

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From: Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab <at> yahoo.de>
To: 3540 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: arne_bab <at> web.de
Subject: bug#3540: reserve a key + inform other gnu package maintainers and mode-authors
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 12:02:30 +0100

I’d love to see an officially reserved key, too (which emacs promises to
keep reserved), ideally a standard letter (which is also readily
available on international keyboards). Any special character (like \)
will prove problematic with international keyboards — and even more with
alternate keyboard layouts.

Naturally the problem with this is that no C-<key> combination is free anymore…

I think I’ll use C-o, because adding newlines behind the point generally
only confuses me when I hit C-o by error, but I assume many people use
it and would be angry to lose the command if it would be made the
default reserved key… 

Another problem with C-o is that C-M-o runs split-current line which
many people might use. 

So selecting a reserved key might take some though - and ideally an
emacs user-survey. 

Best wishes, 
Arne

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