RE: Ilisp key binding changes (Option #2) - Please Review

I've revised the proposed FSF bindings and they should now be usable on
both a windowed Emacs and a terminal Emacs. This represents a complete
revision - please have a look at these bindings and let me know if you 
see any problems with them. The complete list of bindings are at:

http://home.attbi.com/~bc19191/ilisp-keybindings.htm#Summary%20of%20New%20FSF%20Key%20Bindings-Option#2

Some general consistencies that are introduced/enforced are:

1. All key bindings are compliant with the FSF guidelines for major mode
   key bindings. In some cases, there is an overlap with a key binding
   that is defined in either standard Emacs or comint mode; however, in
   these cases, the overlap is consistent with the FSF guideline that
   "it is reasonable for a major mode to rebind a key sequence with a
   standard meaning, if it implements a command that does 'the same job'
   in a way that fits the major mode better".

2. Where possible, mnemonic key bindings have been made to facilitate
   ease of learning and frequently-used commands have been assigned to a
   key binding that is easy to reach.

3. The FSF key bindings will be made the default key bindings for ILISP
   (replacing the "Standard" key bindings).

4. All of the <action>-changes-lisp functions are of the form "C-c 8
   <letter>". Rationale: This binding existed already and there was no
   reason to change it.

5. All of the <help> related functions are set up on on "C-c C-h
   <letter>" key bindings. Rationale: C-h is used by Emacs for "help"
   functions and it makes sense to carry that convention over to ILISP.

6. All of the <eval> related functions are set up on on "C-c C-j
   <letter>" key bindings. Rationale: C-j is an easy control key
   sequence to hit and the "eval" functions are used quite a lot.

7. All of the <compile> related functions are set up on on "C-c C-k
   <letter>" key bindings. Rationale: C-k is mnemonic for "kompile" -
   ok, I can't spell! :)

8. All of the <action>-and-go-lisp functions are of the form "C-c
   C-<character> C-<letter>". The corresponding <action> functions are
   set up on the "C-c C-<character> <letter>" binding. Rationale: This
   is an easy sequence to remember - the "and-go-lisp" function is just
   the exact same sequence as the ordinary function but with the last
   character a control character rather than a regular character.

9. All of the <buffer/edit> related functions are set up on on "C-c
   C-w <letter>" key bindings. Rationale: Buffer and edit commands are
   "w"ork commands.

10. All of the <debug> related functions are set up on on "C-c C-z
    <letter>" key bindings. Rationale: The letter "z" is at the end of
    the alphabet and all of the debugging and error checking/handling
    functions are pushed out into this prefix.

I appreciate your taking the time to review these bindings.

Thank you,
--
Bill Clementson


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