Subject: Re: bug#50727: Contradictory conventions with new command kbd-macro-display

From: Marco Wahl <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 08:58:45 +0200

Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]> writes:

> Gregory Heytings <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> It's 'kbd-macro-redisplay', not 'kbd-macro-display'.
>
> Sorry, yes: `kbd-macro-redisplay'.
>
>> Indeed it conflicts with the keys that are supposed to be reserved for
>> user bindings, but it is by far not the only one:
>>
>> C-x C-k Q	kdb-macro-redisplay
>> C-x C-k b	kmacro-bind-to-key
>> C-x C-k e	edit-kbd-macro
>> C-x C-k l	kmacro-edit-lossage
>> C-x C-k n	kmacro-name-last-macro
>> C-x C-k q	kbd-macro-query
>> C-x C-k r	apply-macro-to-region-lines
>> C-x C-k s	kmacro-start-macro
>> C-x C-k x	kmacro-to-register
>
> I believe only the first one of these breaks the convention, as it is
> the only one to use an upper-case letter.

Thanks for pointing out the issue!

Now what to do?

What about dropping key sequence C-x C-k Q and use C-x C-k d instead?
Or even dropping that key sequence entirey?

I vote for keeping a key sequence for kdb-macro-redisplay, tho.