GNU bug report logs - #60741
29.0.60; 'M-c' shadowed in the minibuffer

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Message #16 received at 60741 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: "60741 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <60741 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [External] : bug#60741: 29.0.60; 'M-c' shadowed in the minibuffer
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 20:52:18 +0200

>> > 'M-c' is bound globally to 'capitalize-word', but this keybinding
>> > is shadowed in the minibuffer, thus making it impossible to
>> > capitalize words.
>
> Is this something new in Emacs 29?

Yes, it's new.

> I don't see it in previous versions (I don't have 29).
> What is `M-c' bound to now in the minibuffer keymaps?

It was bound to `read-regexp-toggle-case-folding'.

> Why should we lose this longstanding, useful key
> binding?  Users should be able to use most normal
> editing keys in the minibuffer - it's first and
> foremost an editing buffer.

Now normal editing keys are available again.

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