Re: What is the point of binding C-m to RET, C-i to TAB etc on a GUI frame?

[Kévin Le Gouguec]

novim via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:

> AFAIK, it is needed only in terminals, but it has not purpose on
> GUI.

IIUC (but I might be wrong) it's not so much that it's "needed"; it's
that Emacs just cannot distinguish between them, since (some?) terminals
translate function keys (e.g. <return>, <tab>) into characters (\r, \t
respectively).

>      I don't think there are many people who, for example, press C-m
> instead of RET.

I do, FWIW.  On AZERTY, 'm' lies comfortably under the right pinky, so
C-m is essentially a no-op for my right hand.

With <capslock> rebound to <control>, <return> (two keys away from 'm')
requires more wrist movement than <control> (0 key away from 'q'):

[CAPS][q][s][d][_f_][g][h][_j_][k][l][m][ù][*][RETURN]

I know I'm probably the odd one out though.