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Contradictory conventions with new command kbd-macro-display

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Message #20 received at 50727 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Marco Wahl <marcowahlsoft <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>, 50727 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 larsi <at> gnus.org
Subject: Re: bug#50727: Contradictory conventions with new command
 kbd-macro-display
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 08:58:45 +0200

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

> 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.

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.

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