From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: C-c / r key-setting bug (?) Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:00:32 +0200 Message-ID: <5AB3A2E2-2ECE-4789-8C20-D3D807B5F55B@gmail.com> References: <4CC017E4.8040005@easy-emacs.de> <4CC027AD.5010902@easy-emacs.de> <4CC0354F.8020205@easy-emacs.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=60408 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P8ul3-0001bw-8f for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:00:39 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P8ul1-0007LX-Pl for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:00:37 -0400 Received: from mail-ey0-f169.google.com ([209.85.215.169]:49749) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P8ul1-0007H1-JO for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:00:35 -0400 Received: by mail-ey0-f169.google.com with SMTP id d26so7943eyd.0 for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 06:00:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4CC0354F.8020205@easy-emacs.de> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andreas_R=F6hler?= Cc: emacs-orgmode On Oct 21, 2010, at 2:42 PM, Andreas R=F6hler wrote: > [ ... ] >>>> C-c / will prompt for another key and then dispatch depending on =20= >>>> that >>>> key. >>>> Many do. >>> >>> Hmm, that would fit into the already mentioned coding-style =20 >>> 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 =20 >> `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 =20 cannot look into the functions. Cheers - Carsten