Re: [External] : New key binding syntax

[Alexandre Garreau]

Le jeudi 18 novembre 2021, 06:01:13 CET Yuri Khan a écrit :
> On Thu, 18 Nov 2021 at 10:54, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:
> >   > Most software use that convention,
> > 
> > Not in my experience.  I have never seen + used to indicate
> > keyboard modifier keys.  Always C-x, never C+x.
> 
> Never C+x, because it’s spelled Ctrl+X. And Alt+X. And the letters are
> capitals because Shift is spelled out explicitly.
> 
> Keys are not ASCII characters.

They can be related.  You could set up a keymap layout where each key is 
capital, and pressing shift makes them lowercase, at the opposite of the 
normal working, or even something more weird.

So the fact to capitalize keys makes the key sequence transcription 
strictly less powerful

But it can be useful, mostly because capitals, alone, are often considered 
easier to read (especially when your sight starts to degrade with age)