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23.3; Time to use a different binding for completion?

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From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 8492 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: bug#8492: 23.3; Time to use a different binding for completion?
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 23:51:13 +0100

On 20 April 2011 23:49, 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.

Well, any other mode whose operation involves changing the default
keymap. But otherwise, I agree with this sentiment: it's hard enough
making bindings fit into Emacs without worrying about other
essentially different bindings sets, other of course than the global
window manager bindings that made me raise this question in the first
place.

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