bug#45536: [PATCH] Pretty-print keys without <> around modifiers

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Mattias Engdegård <mattiase@acm.org> writes:

> Let me give you a hand then! The latest patch puts the change under
> control of a variable, defaulting to off. This should take care of
> your concerns for compatibility problems, as well as the possibility
> of confusion (which I think is minuscule).

The confusion problem is still present, though -- people will see
different ways of representing keystrokes (in examples on the web,
etc). 

> The variable can be set permanently by users who prefer the new key
> binding style. It can also be bound temporarily for specific uses. It
> was a specific use I had in mind, but there is no reason to withhold
> an improvement from users in general.

What's the specific use case?

> Thanks for your careful reasoning. We can all agree that if we
> included pleasing everybody on Reddit in our design criteria, no
> progress would ever be made.

I wasn't worried about pleasing anybody -- I just want to avoid
unnecessary confusion. 

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