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Re: Reserved keymap not reserved anymore?


From: Michael Heerdegen
Subject: Re: Reserved keymap not reserved anymore?
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 23:45:07 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux)

Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org> writes:

> > It is in the Elisp manual, node `Key Binding Conventions', not the
> > Emacs manual.  I don't think it was ever in the Emacs manual.
>
> Thanks for the pointer.
>
> It used to be in the Emacs manual though; I found this:
>
> ftp://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/Manuals/emacs/html_node/emacs_492.html
>
> That's the Emacs 21.2 manual.  See the last paragraph.
>
> That same "Keymaps" section appears in the current Emacs manual but it's
> been largely rewritten, and that section no longer appears.

Drew, don't you think it belongs in the user manual?  This is not a
programmer's issue - a user should know which keys he can use for his
bindings, and which are reserved.  Do I miss something?


Regards,

Michael.




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