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

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 12.02.2021 07:42, Robert Thorpe wrote:

> I agree with Jean Louis on that too.  I think C-z C-z is not good
> enough.  Every other terminal application uses C-z by itself, it's a
> convention.  It's been that way for decades.  If you write a terminal
> application and do nothing special then C-z will suspend it.  That's
> because it sends SIGTSTP.

Could we someday stop considering Emacs a "terminal application"? Yes, 
it has a version that works in the terminal, but it's limited in 
features compared to the graphical one.

Even non-graphical features, such as available key binding space.

> Conventions make the whole operating system easier to use.
>
> In your other replies you talk about casual users of Emacs.  What about
> casual users who also use the shell?  One of my friends is like that -
> he uses the shell for everything.  But he uses Emacs for editing.  That
> workflow means suspending Emacs very often.  To users like that you are
> breaking a very old and well established expectation.

'C-x C-z', a binding which has existed for a long time, is not too hard 
to type.