Re: Recentish C-s M-y change

[Clément Pit-Claudel]

On 12/28/20 12:30 PM, Filipp Gunbin wrote:
> On 28/12/2020 10:45 +0200, Juri Linkov wrote:
> 
>>> Could we move the new `C-s M-y' functionality somewhere else and retain
>>> the old `C-s M-y' binding?
>>
>> This has been discussed many times, and the most promising solution is
>> to add a single variable that will define whether the user prohibits
>> changing the definitions of traditional keys.  When its value is nil,
>> then with a new release the user gets new keybindings that are more
>> logical and consistent with other keybindings and new functionality.
>> However, when you set it to t, then you get all old keybindings untouched.
> 
> Why can't we just add another key for the new "yank from kill ring"?
> The new behaviour is indeed annoying when you don't expect it.

I imagine C-s M-y was chosen for consistency with the usual M-y binding?