From: Richard M. Stallman Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 18:32:17 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Clarify key sequence usage conventions. X-Git-Tag: emacs-19.34~1466 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9689908391a0630f3e3584af6b7624caa619263e;p=emacs.git Clarify key sequence usage conventions. --- diff --git a/lispref/tips.texi b/lispref/tips.texi index c66b71033c2..dc1a31545a5 100644 --- a/lispref/tips.texi +++ b/lispref/tips.texi @@ -103,8 +103,9 @@ modes. These sequences are reserved for users; they are the @strong{only} sequences reserved for users, so we cannot do without them. -Instead, define sequences consisting of @kbd{C-c} followed by a -non-letter. These sequences are reserved for major modes. +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 major modes in Emacs 18 so they would follow this convention was a lot of work. Abandoning this convention would make