Re: "whether the global keymap C-x 4 will be replaced by a command,"

[Richard Stallman]

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  > > Maybe it would be possible to make a function that would generate
  > > an "other-window" version of an existing command, by making code to call
  > > that command.

  > This is why my original patch which partly prompted this discussion did
  > (bug#42210),

Sorry, I wasn't following this at that point.

                 but the feedback I got was that it would be better to avoid
  > cluttering the function symbol namespace with lots of -other-window
  > commands.

I think we are miscommunicating very slightly.  There are two closely
related but distinct questions.

1. Whether Drew would like to use that facility to make -other-window
  functions.

2. What to do about the standard C-x 4 commands, with three options:

   2a. Leave them as they are now.

   2b. Use your proposed generator facility to make a lot of
   -other-window functions.

   2c. Make C-x 4 handle them all automatically.

Your message talked about choosing between 2b and 2c, whereas I was
suggesting that Drew could do 1.

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