Subject: Re: [External] : Re: bug#29430: bug#37447: 26.3; Commands on <delete> and <backspace>

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 17:27:30 +0200

> From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
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> > > > > [C-M-delete] is problematic for MS Windows, no?
> > > >
> > > > Problematic in what sense?
> > >
> > > By default, at least, it's grabbed by Windows.
> > 
> > But that hasn't changed just because Emacs now has a binding to that
> > key, has it?  IOW, whatever problems Windows users had or didn't have
> > before the change, they still either have or don't have.
> 
> Yes, of course.  But without binding it by default
> users are less likely to suffer the gotcha.

How so?  The probability of users using the key is independent of
whether Emacs does or doesn't define a key binding for it.  Besides,
who are those Windows users that don't know about Ctrl-Alt-Del
sequence, and are likely to use it without understanding what they
will get?