Re: [External] : New key binding syntax

[Richard Stallman]

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  > > I also wonder if there could be confusion between M-RET
  > > and M-<return> if the former can be written M-ret and
  > > the latter can me written M-return.

  > There's no confusion.  (And the former cannot be written
  > M-ret.)

As long as we keep the rule that the special control character names
must be upper case, and  function key names must be lower-case,
I think it will avoid confusion.

I think someone proposed to eliminate that rule.

  > PS. Of course, if we cared deeply about readability we would write instead:

  >         Alt + Return

If we stick to that rule, we would want to write `alt' and `return'.
Allowing spaces inside a single key name would definitely be confusing
as long as space separates keys in a key sequence.  But we could allow
`alt-return' as an alternative to `a-return'.

I see no benefit in allowing `+' as a synonym for `-'.

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