Describe uses of C-c followed by punctuation chars.

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Richard M. Stallman
1995-05-02 01:57:30 +00:00
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@@ -93,8 +93,18 @@ Instead, define sequences consisting of @kbd{C-c} followed by a
non-letter. These sequences are reserved for major modes.
Changing all the major modes in Emacs 18 so they would follow this
convention was a lot of work. Abandoning this convention would waste
that work and inconvenience the users.
convention was a lot of work. Abandoning this convention would make
that work go to waste, and inconvenience users.
@item
Sequences consisting of @kbd{C-c} followed by @kbd{@{}, @kbd{@}},
@kbd{<}, @kbd{>}, @kbd{:} or @kbd{;} are also reserved for major modes.
@item
Sequences consisting of @kbd{C-c} followed by any other punctuation
character are allocated for minor modes. Using them in a major mode is
not absolutely prohibited, but if you do that, the major mode binding
may be shadowed from time to time by minor modes.
@item
You should not bind @kbd{C-h} following any prefix character (including