From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: "Andreas Röhler" <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>
Cc: emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: C-c / r key-setting bug (?)
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:31:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <89A5A483-D79C-4E93-9CC1-1C6FA8612B51@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4CC04A1B.2020109@easy-emacs.de>
On Oct 21, 2010, at 4:11 PM, Andreas Röhler wrote:
> Am 21.10.2010 16:04, schrieb Carsten Dominik:
>>
>> On Oct 21, 2010, at 3:34 PM, Andreas Röhler wrote:
>>
>>> Am 21.10.2010 15:00, schrieb Carsten Dominik:
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 21, 2010, at 2:42 PM, Andreas Röhler wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> [ ... ]
>>>>>>>> C-c / will prompt for another key and then dispatch depending
>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> key.
>>>>>>>> Many do.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hmm, that would fit into the already mentioned coding-style
>>>>>>> category.
>>>>>>> Is it wise to do it that way?
>>>>>>> For example M-x describe-mode fails telling about these keys.
>>>>>>> Are reasons for this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes. There are not enough keys, unless I introduce a larger
>>>>>> number
>>>>>> of full-scale prefix keys. And it is much easier to remember
>>>>>> just `C-c
>>>>>> /' and then get a friendly prompt for a number of options. For
>>>>>> interactive use, I think this is just perfect.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now, if you want to write programs based on these functions,
>>>>>> then you
>>>>>> want to have the real command names. This is one of the reasons
>>>>>> why I
>>>>>> like to have them in the manual, for look up.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm following, thanks for the explanation.
>>>>> Remains a describe-mode bug than (?)
>>>>
>>>> I would not call it a bug. Describe-mode looks at the key maps, it
>>>> cannot look into the functions.
>>>>
>>>
>>> OK, but can't you make it known to the keymap?
>>
>> No, I cannot.
>>
>> - Carsten
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> Ah, we can, I'm sure.
> Let's assume you assigned the same keys to different commands.
> Somehow Emacs must discriminate the states where the one or the
> other are to use.
> So let's call these states modes, make a keymap for it, no?
Hi Andreas,
We could make C-c / a prefix and define the other commands in the
keymap of the prefix command. But this would defeat the purpose of
the dispatcher with its friendly prompt etc.
In fact, I do not want describe-mode to show all these. I have
thought carefully about this.
- Carsten
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-21 14:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-21 10:37 C-c / r key-setting bug (?) Andreas Röhler
2010-10-21 10:51 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-10-21 11:44 ` Andreas Röhler
2010-10-21 11:52 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-10-21 12:42 ` Andreas Röhler
2010-10-21 13:00 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-10-21 13:34 ` Andreas Röhler
2010-10-21 14:04 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-10-21 14:11 ` Andreas Röhler
2010-10-21 14:31 ` Carsten Dominik [this message]
2010-10-21 14:53 ` Andreas Röhler
2010-10-21 15:33 ` Jambunathan K
2010-10-21 16:36 ` Andreas Röhler
2010-10-21 20:50 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-10-22 7:40 ` Andreas Röhler
2010-10-22 7:49 ` Carsten Dominik
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