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28.1.91; two column windows merge leaves 2nd column window showing

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Message #44 received at 57161 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: Van Ly <van.ly <at> sdf.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 57161 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57161: 28.1.91; two column windows merge leaves 2nd column
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Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 07:58:41 +0200

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

> Esoteric is understating the case, but yes that keybinding should be
> freed up (if nothing else, to avoid users accidentally activating
> 2C-mode).

The saving grace here is that <f2> on its own does nothing, and there's
approx. zero chance of somebody stabbing `2' after the <f2>, so it's not
that serious.

So the normal user reaction to <f2> is probably "uhm... `C-g'...  Emacs
sucks..."

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