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24.0.50; Use M-p/M-n to navigate through the kill ring

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From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: Deniz Dogan <deniz <at> dogan.se>, david <at> harpegolden.net, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 9406 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9406: 24.0.50; Use M-p/M-n to navigate through the kill ring
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 16:44:29 +0200

> There are many commands that work differently when preceded by another
> key like e.g. `C-u'.  So there is no problem when `M-y' preceded by `C-y'
> works differently.

That is not comparable: C-u is the universal-argument key, and it's
sole purpose in life is to serve as a prefix key to extend the
behavior of the others key sequences.

However C-y is not a prefix key, and the proposed behavior of M-y is
simple, well defined, and doesn't need to be extended by C-y, because
such pretended extension will be already bound to another key (M-p),
which is the natural choice.

With the "bloated" version of M-y, users would not be able to browse
the kill-ring in the minibuffer just after yanking the top entry with
C-y.  And why? Because of an unnecessary complexity in M-y.

Please, let's not make that mistake.

-- 
Dani Moncayo

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