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23.3; Time to use a different binding for completion?

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Message #110 received at 8492 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 8492 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
	Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Subject: Re: bug#8492: 23.3; Time to use a different binding for completion?
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:49:59 +0200

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> wrote:
>> >> > Currently, the "usable default" is ESC TAB.
>> >>
>> >> Which does not work at all if you use Viper.
>> >
>> > We should not change Emacs default bindings based on the
>> > bindings of Viper - or of any other emulator - or of any
>> > other mode etc.
>>
>> Thanks for your view, Drew, but I found this statement of you just
>> unusable and unnecessary here.
>
> You claim that a given default key "does not work at all" if you put yourself in
> a special emulation mode.  So what?  If I play chess in checkers mode should I
> expect the default, chess binding of each piece to still "work" in checkers?

This is just plain stupid. Viper is not just any emulation mode. It
happen to be key bindings a lot of potential and current Emacs users
knows.

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