Re: ill-advised changes [was key bindings in hideshow.el]

[Stefan Monnier]

> Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
> >     It seems that M-o, M-p and M-n are still free.  Maybe one of those
> >     could be reserved for minor modes, too?
> > 
> > Maybe it might be reasonable to reserve M-o for minor modes.  M-o is
> > not used by Dired as far as I can see.
> 
> Several major modes use it (in particular, dired-x and diff-mode).

diff-mode ??? [ goes back to diff-mode.el and double checks ]
You're right, diff-mode uses it.  But it's just a coincidence.
It's part of the XEmacs'diff-mode compatibility and is mostly there
for `o' rather than for `M-o' (but diff-mode replicates the same
keymap at both places).


        Stefan