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28.0.50; Bind clone-buffer into the new C-x x keymap

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 46369 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
Subject: bug#46369: 28.0.50; Bind clone-buffer into the new C-x x keymap
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2021 22:19:36 +0100

Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru> writes:

> On 07.02.2021 20:26, Sean Whitton wrote:
>> I noticed that Lars has bound rename-uniquely to C-x x u.
>
> Aside: I think this binding is inconsistent with 'vc-revert' (which is
> 'C-x v u').
>
> Possible alternatives:
>
> - Not binding rename-uniquely at all.
>
> - Moving its binding to 'C-x x R' (so that two very similar commands
>   don't take up different keys). And possibly moving revert-buffer to
>   'C-x x u'.

"u" is somewhat mnemonic for VCs, since `vc-revert' "undos" what you've
done, but in non-VC buffers, it's not really -- you're
reloading/regenerating, not undoing.

And `revert-buffer' is `g' in special-mode-map, so keeping it g-ish in
the global map makes more sense, in my opinion.

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