I discovered accidentally some years ago, when I had been using a popup help function that I cobbled together myself with a hot key, that -F1 loads a list of bindings under that prefix. It's an awesome feature of GNU/Emacs. Alan Davis On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Kaushal Modi wrote: > On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 1:48 PM Eric S Fraga wrote: > >> On Tuesday, 12 Dec 2017 at 14:02, Kaushal Modi wrote: >> > Copying this on both Emacs devel and Org mode list. Hopefully this >> > discussion is eligible for that. >> > >> > Problem statement: Need to have a pretty interface that shows the >> available >> > valid key bindings. >> >> which-key-mode works well for me. >> > > I use which-key too, but that serves a different purpose. > > which-key shows *all* bindings that begin with a prefix. > > hydra creates a quick keymap that can be bound to any key of user's > choice. Then the user needs to just set that main binding, and all the > sub-bindings in that keymap stay the same. > > - Hydra basics[1] > - Projectile hydra example[2] > - Rectangle operations[3] > > (See many more examples in that wiki.) > > Very vaguely speaking, which-key is a read-only utility, hydra is a create > + read utility. We need the "create" portion for the org stucture template > replacement discussed on the Org thread. I understand that while hydra > cannot be integrated in emacs 26 and so Org cannot immediately start using > it, it will be very much useful to many packages in future if first hydra > is baked into the emacs core. > > [1]: https://github.com/abo-abo/hydra/wiki/Basics > [2]: https://github.com/abo-abo/hydra/wiki/Projectile > [3]: https://github.com/abo-abo/hydra/wiki/Rectangle-Operations > -- > > Kaushal Modi > -- [Fill in the blanks] The use of corrupt manipulations and blatant rhetorical ploys ...--- outright lying, flagwaving, personal attacks, setting up phony alternatives, misdirection, jargon-mongering, evading key issues, feigning disinterested objectivity, willful misunderstanding of other points of view---suggests that ... lacks both credibility and evidence. ---- Edward Tufte (in context of making presentations)