GNU bug report logs - #63815
29.0.91; Bind `M-n' in `Info-mode-map' to `clone-buffer'

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 63815 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#63815: 29.0.91; Bind `M-n' in `Info-mode-map' to `clone-buffer'
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2023 07:28:00 -0700

tags 63815 + wontfix
close 63815
thanks

Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> writes:

>>> >> Actually, 'C-x x n' is the global keybinding.  Here is what Help says:
>>> >>
>>> >>   C-x x n runs the command clone-buffer (found in global-map).
>>> >>
>>> >>   It is bound to M-n and C-x x n.
>>> >
>>> > Is that `M-n' binding new for Emacs 30?  I don't see it in the 29
>>> > pretest (emacs -Q).  Anyway, if an M-n binding has already been added
>>> > then (great) please close this bug.  Thx.
>>>
>>> Sorry that the answer was unclear.  This Help buffer showed help
>>> about the Info buffer.  So M-n exists only in Info mode.
>>> But in Emacs 29 a new global binding 'C-x x n' was added
>>> to make 'clone-buffer' available in all modes.
>>> This makes 'M-n' in Info obsolete.
>>
>> Why would you say that (last sentence)?
>
> Because the new universal keybinding is available in all buffers.
> But I don't propose to remove 'M-n' in Info.
>
>> That we have a global binding for the command
>> doesn't mean we shouldn't also have an easier,
>> (and long-standing) local binding for it.
>>
>> The request of this bug is to add `M-n' for
>> `clone-buffer' to buffers in Help mode, in
>> addition to having it for buffers in Info mode.
>
> Sorry, I have no opinion about 'M-n' in Help.
> I just pointed out there is a new global keybinding
> 'C-x x n' that can be used in Help now.

Right.  Let's not add yet another keybinding for this.

Users that want it can bind it themselves.

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