Re: PROPOSAL: Repurpose one key and reserve it for third-party packages

[Thibaut Verron]

2021-02-08 5:52 UTC+01:00, Robin Tarsiger <rtt@dasyatidae.com>:
> Gregory Heytings wrote:
>> Option 1. C-z, with a single exception: "C-z C-z" would be bound to
>> "suspend-frame"
>>
>> Option 2. C-z and M-z, with two exceptions: "C-z C-z" would be bound to
>> "suspend-frame", and "M-z M-z" to
>> "zap-to-char"
>>
>> Option 3. C-o, with a single exception: "C-o C-o" would be bound to
>> "open-line"
>>
>> Option 4. C-o and M-o, with two exceptions: "C-o C-o" would be bound to
>> "open-line", and "M-o M-o" to
>> "facemenu-keymap"
>
> In my own init code, I use f8 as a prefix key for a bunch of custom
> bindings,
> including for global Calc, SLIME, and Org commands. This seems similar in
> general
> nature to the desired use for third-party packages, and I notice that f5--f8
> are
> all available in vanilla Emacs. That would obviously be less disruptive
> than
> repurposing an existing key, but I don't know how reachable those keys are
> in
> everyone's configurations.

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Key-Binding-Conventions.html

Those keys are explicitly left for the user to define.