Re: why is "q" bound to `delete-window' instead of `quit-window' in epa-info-mode?

[Steingold]

> * Stefan Monnier <zbaavre@veb.hzbagerny.pn> [2021-12-24 12:13:36 -0500]:
>
>> Since the initial commit of EasyPG into Emacs (2008-02-08), "q" has been
>> bound to `delete-window' instead of `quit-window' in `epa-info-mode-map'.
>> Why?
>
> AFAIK historically there has been very little standardization in this
> respect until a decade ago or so, so I tend to assume that all bindings
> of `q` to something vaguely similar to `quit-window` re just leftovers
> from that era and should be replaced by either a binding to
> `quit-window` or inheritance from `special-mode`.

I agree in general, but not in this particular case, where the code
clearly indicates that the author was fully aware of `quit-window' and
went to a huge effort of adding 6 lines of code(!) to change that to
`delete-window'.

This is why I did not just silently delete those lines and instead asked
here.  Sorry about not making that clear right away.


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