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#37447
26.3; Commands on <delete> and <backspace>
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Reported by: Sebastian Urban <mrsebastianurban <at> gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 11:47:02 UTC
Severity: wishlist
Merged with 29430
Found in versions 26.0.90, 26.3
Fixed in version 29.1
Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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Message #32 received at 37447 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
> (...) They are highly popular key bindings that I, FWIW, am using
> every day.
Even 'M-<delete>' that does something opposite to 'M-d', when <delete>
and 'C-d' do the same thing? Doesn't that bother you? For me it's
inconsistency, but maybe there is a reason for this...
> And btw, I can never understand these arguments about changing what
> Emacs does by default. You can easily rebind the keys yourself, so
> why force your personal preferences on everyone else?
If I would want to change 'C-a' to 'C-b' (or 'C-S-<backspace>' as
I tried, but not any more) then you are right, but not in this case.
The above example is not a change just because I like it (I don't even
use it), but rather spotting inconsistency and pointing it out.
As for 'C-<backspace>' also "no", because I was trying to reuse
something that is already there ('M-<backspace>'). But fine, someone
may use 'C-...', so I could leave it alone as well.
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