Re: not good proposal: "C-z <letter>" reserved for users

[Yuri Khan]

On Tue, 9 Feb 2021 at 13:45, Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> wrote:

> Emacs is used on console by millions of people. Console itself defines
> C-z as suspend of the job, so C-z is always expecte to suspend the
> job for many programs, not only Emacs.

> Job control is important part of computer operation, that is why C-z
> shall remain untouched, just how it is now.

Why though? I believe when you suspend a program what you really want
is a shell prompt, and you could get that by opening a new tab or pane
in your terminal emulator, or a new screen, window or pane in tmux.