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Contradictory conventions with new command kbd-macro-display

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Message #14 received at 50727 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 50727 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, marcowahlsoft <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#50727: Contradictory conventions with new command
 kbd-macro-display
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 23:37:35 -0700

Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org> 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.

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