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| author | Richard M. Stallman <[email protected]> | 2002-04-22 07:52:50 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <[email protected]> | 2002-04-22 07:52:50 +0000 |
| commit | 17d4b8cea3907ebd67b7575c8ccb58ef8f0c1d4e (patch) | |
| tree | 07850f3e148ba2cb7cbd1039b9efe49a12730d8f /lispref | |
| parent | 73e19344cec9b74c1f59e5fa44902804b397221a (diff) | |
Clarify which letters in C-c LETTER are reserved for users.
Diffstat (limited to 'lispref')
| -rw-r--r-- | lispref/tips.texi | 17 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/tips.texi b/lispref/tips.texi index 2aead6be81..4eb0e3f700 100644 --- a/lispref/tips.texi +++ b/lispref/tips.texi @@ -129,16 +129,17 @@ name that ends in @samp{-flag}. @cindex reserved keys @cindex keys, reserved Please do not define @kbd{C-c @var{letter}} as a key in your major -modes. These sequences are reserved for users; they are the -@strong{only} sequences reserved for users, so do not block them. +modes. Sequences consisting of @kbd{C-c} and a letter (either upper +or lower case) are reserved for users; they are the @strong{only} +sequences reserved for users, so do not block them. -Instead, define sequences consisting of @kbd{C-c} followed by a control -character, a digit, or certain punctuation characters. These sequences -are reserved for major modes. +Changing all the Emacs major modes to respect this convention was a +lot of work; abandoning this convention would make that work go to +waste, and inconvenience users. Please comply with it. -Changing all the Emacs major modes to follow this convention was a lot -of work. Abandoning this convention would make that work go to waste, -and inconvenience users. +@item +Sequences consisting of @kbd{C-c} followed by a control character or a +digit are reserved for major modes. @item Sequences consisting of @kbd{C-c} followed by @kbd{@{}, @kbd{@}}, |