Re: Recentish C-s M-y change

[Richard Stallman]

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  > > It is no surprise to me that I don't remember WHEN various keys
  > > were changed from the default meaning, of "exit the search and execute".
  > > There have been so many that I don't remember what they all are.

  > I would urge you (and other veteran Emacs users) to report any
  > annoying change as a bug the first time you see it.

I saw many of them when they were proposed.  I did not argue against
them because there was apparent support for each one at the time.

But so many of these search bindings have accumulated that it
adds up to a problem -- and worst of all, people seem to be drawn
to propose more changes in that keymap.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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