Re: FW: Emacs non-ascii characters

[Paul Pogonyshev]

Drew Adams wrote:
>     On some keyboards (like mine) the `\' key is right next to the Backspace
>     key, which makes `C-\' very close to `C-Backspace'.  
> 
> Right. I forgot about that one. I'd say, in sum, that with lots of common 
> keyboards it is quite easy to hit `C-\' by mistake.
> 
>     That said, I always
>     use `M-Backspace' and I don't think it is a good idea to change such a
>     commonly-used shortcut as `C-\' at all.
> 
> That was my question: whether "it needs to be on a quickly hit key."  If it 
> is quick and handy for those who use it, then fine.

I'd say that it is just not worth the problems of all the users out
there to change an established shortcut.  Even if you hit it by
accident, that's not a major problem.  It's not like `C-M-Backspace'
that restarts the X server.

Paul