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diff --git a/lispref/tips.texi b/lispref/tips.texi index d6fdb318812..9c252748230 100644 --- a/lispref/tips.texi +++ b/lispref/tips.texi @@ -93,8 +93,18 @@ Instead, define sequences consisting of @kbd{C-c} followed by a non-letter. These sequences are reserved for major modes. Changing all the major modes in Emacs 18 so they would follow this -convention was a lot of work. Abandoning this convention would waste -that work and inconvenience the users. +convention was a lot of work. Abandoning this convention would make +that work go to waste, and inconvenience users. + +@item +Sequences consisting of @kbd{C-c} followed by @kbd{@{}, @kbd{@}}, +@kbd{<}, @kbd{>}, @kbd{:} or @kbd{;} are also reserved for major modes. + +@item +Sequences consisting of @kbd{C-c} followed by any other punctuation +character are allocated for minor modes. Using them in a major mode is +not absolutely prohibited, but if you do that, the major mode binding +may be shadowed from time to time by minor modes. @item You should not bind @kbd{C-h} following any prefix character (including |