Re: [O] Binding org-insert-todo-heading to M-S-RET

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

Kévin Le Gouguec <address@hidden> writes:

> Here is a very minor gripe I have with org-mode: is there a reason why
> org-insert-todo-heading should be bound to (kbd "M-S-<return>"), rather
> than (kbd "M-S-RET")?
>
> AFAIU, using "<return>" limits the key binding to the actual "⏎"
> function key, while using "RET" makes any key chord that sends the
> "carriage return" character ("⏎" and "C-m") work transparently.
>
> I admit that Alt-Shift-Control-M sounds unwieldy, but my muscle memory
> has become so accustomed to using "C-m" instead of "<return>" that I
> would welcome a change allowing this alternative.
>
> (
>     From my understanding of (emacs)Keymaps and (emacs)Named ASCII
>     Chars, using "RET" also has the advantage that bindings can work in
>     terminals; IIUC terminals translate presses to "⏎" into the "RET"
>     control character, so Emacs never knows that "<return>" was pressed.
>
>     However in this particular case I don't believe that the argument
>     applies, since AFAIK terminals cannot transmit "S-RET" to Emacs.
>     "M-RET" works though, precisely because it uses "RET" and not
>     "<return>".
> )
>
> Thank you for your time.

Fair enough. I changed a few <return> to RET in master.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou