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Re: C-x SPC : rectangle-mark-mode or gud-break?
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Michael Welsh Duggan |
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Re: C-x SPC : rectangle-mark-mode or gud-break? |
Date: |
Thu, 19 Dec 2013 19:12:43 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.130008 (Ma Gnus v0.8) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
Drew Adams <address@hidden> writes:
>> I know I am opening up a can of worms here, but I am going to argue that
>> `C-x SPC' be changed back to `gud-break'.
>
> 1. `gud-break' should never have been given a global binding on prefix
> `C-x'. It is fine for it to have a binding on `gud-key-prefix', i.e.,
> `C-x C-a'. Why does it need a global binding? And if it really does,
> for some reason, why sacrifice such an important global prefix key as
> `C-x' for it?
Nothing other than the fact that the keybinding has been around since at
least Emacs 18.58 (the first version I regularly used). It's had a lot
of time for people to get used to it.
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Michael Welsh Duggan
(address@hidden)