Re: Why all the Alt bindings by default?

[Stefan Monnier]

>> No, what I was asking is what happens if I do want to bind alt-R? I
>> think this was answered in another post i.e. you have to 'undo' the
>> key translation first.

> That's false.  Just try it.  I tried this:

>   M-x global-set-key RET
>   Alt-R
>   ignore RET

> After that, "C-h c Alt-R" says

>   ® (translated from A-R) runs the command ignore

But then if you have some other key that generates ®, it will also be
rebound to `ignore' since you have really just done
(global-set-key [?®] 'ignore)

I think these Alt bindings should either be removed, or turned into
function-key-map bindings (so they don't take precedence over real key
bindings).
Also we should address the problem that those key-bindings are only
present after loading iso-transl.el.


        Stefan