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27.0.50; C-m in describe-bindings

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Message #20 received at 37485 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 37485 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37485: 27.0.50; C-m in describe-bindings
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 19:14:29 +0300

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: 37485 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 12:38:11 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> C-c RET b	mml-attach-buffer
> >> C-c RET c	Prefix Command
> >> 
> >> I know that `C-m' and RET is the same key binding, but I also think that
> >> when this key is used as a prefix key, I don't think anybody has ever
> >> wanted that to be RET instead of `C-m'.
> >
> > It's a key you press, so I think it's a Good Thing that we use RET
> > here.
> 
> I'm not sure I understand...

I meant that users usually press RET, not C-m.

> Both RET and C-m are keys we press, but the intended (both mnemonic and
> ergonomic) key stroke here is `C-c C-m c' (etc) and not the awkward `C-c
> RET c'.

Call me awkward, then.

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