Re: Proposal: new default bindings for winner and windmove

[Gregor Zattler]

Hi Po Lu,
* Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> [2024-06-23; 21:40 +08]:
> Scarce are the keys that are not bound by default, and therefore may be
> customized by users without risking departures in their Emacs sessions
> from the expectations of users trained and pastured on uncustomized
> sessions.  This is just one, and by far not the most compelling, of many
> objections to introducing new default keybindings, but one of which a
> recent example comes to mind: C-x x u has for many years been bound in
> my sessions to a command that deletes a buffer's undo list, usually in
> the interests of security.  The consequences of a stranger's
> unsuspectingly typing the same to invoke rename-uniquely might easily
> have been catastrophic.

why would strangers type anything in
your (resp my) personally customized
emacs session?

I wouldn't want that to happen.

Regards, Gregor