bug#74983: [PATCH] Use `keymap-set' instead of `define-key' in emacs lisp intro

bug#74983: [PATCH] Use `keymap-set' instead of `define-key' in emacs lisp intro

[Hong Xu]

* Since `define-key' is considered legacy and we encourage `keymap-set'
  now.
---
 doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi | 11 +++++------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
index 49916235fbf9..32ad07785c20 100644
--- a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
+++ b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
@@ -17358,15 +17358,14 @@ Keymaps
 (global-set-key "\C-x\C-b" 'buffer-menu)
 @end smallexample
 
-Mode-specific keymaps are bound using the @code{define-key} function,
+Mode-specific keymaps are bound using the @code{keymap-set} function,
 which takes a specific keymap as an argument, as well as the key and
-the command.  For example, my @file{.emacs} file contains the
-following expression to bind the @code{texinfo-insert-@@group} command
-to @kbd{C-c C-c g}:
+the command.  For example, the following expression binds the
+@code{texinfo-insert-@@group} command to @kbd{C-c C-c g}:
 
 @smallexample
 @group
-(define-key texinfo-mode-map "\C-c\C-cg" 'texinfo-insert-@@group)
+(keymap-set texinfo-mode-map "C-c C-c g" 'texinfo-insert-@group)
 @end group
 @end smallexample
 
@@ -17396,7 +17395,7 @@ Keymaps
 write a function to insert a word; but I prefer key strokes consistent
 with other Texinfo mode key bindings.)
 
-You will see numerous @code{define-key} expressions in
+You will see numerous @code{keymap-set} expressions in
 @file{loaddefs.el} as well as in the various mode libraries, such as
 @file{cc-mode.el} and @file{lisp-mode.el}.
 
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2.47.1

bug#74983: [PATCH] Use `keymap-set' instead of `define-key' in emacs lisp intro

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Hong Xu <hong@topbug.net>
> Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 14:36:29 -0800
> 
> * Since `define-key' is considered legacy and we encourage `keymap-set'
>   now.

Thanks.  But the second chunk is not really right, since we have many
more define-key there than keymap-set.

So my suggestion is not to _replace_ define-key with keymap-set, but
instead describe _both_, explaining that as of Emacs 29 we are
migrating towards keymap-set, which is preferred.

Stefan, WDYT?

bug#74983: [PATCH] Use `keymap-set' instead of `define-key' in emacs lisp intro

[Stefan Kangas]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Hong Xu <hong@topbug.net>
>> Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 14:36:29 -0800
>>
>> * Since `define-key' is considered legacy and we encourage `keymap-set'
>>   now.
>
> Thanks.  But the second chunk is not really right, since we have many
> more define-key there than keymap-set.
>
> So my suggestion is not to _replace_ define-key with keymap-set, but
> instead describe _both_, explaining that as of Emacs 29 we are
> migrating towards keymap-set, which is preferred.
>
> Stefan, WDYT?

I'd tend to agree.  Users will have to recognize define-key for a long
time indeed, not just in our sources (which are relatively easily
fixable in comparison) but also in online forums, third-party packages,
and so on.

I didn't yet look at the patch though.

bug#74983: [PATCH] Use `keymap-set' instead of `define-key' in emacs lisp intro

[Drew Adams via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors]

> So my suggestion is not to _replace_ define-key with keymap-set, but
> instead describe _both_, explaining that as of Emacs 29 we are
> migrating towards keymap-set, which is preferred.

+1.

bug#74999: [PATCH v2] Recommend `keymap-set' instead of `define-key' in emacs lisp intro

[Hong Xu]

* Since `define-key' is considered legacy and we encourage `keymap-set'
  now.
---
 doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi | 24 +++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
index 49916235fbf9..ba671e60ffcf 100644
--- a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
+++ b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
@@ -17358,11 +17358,21 @@ Keymaps
 (global-set-key "\C-x\C-b" 'buffer-menu)
 @end smallexample
 
-Mode-specific keymaps are bound using the @code{define-key} function,
+Mode-specific keymaps are bound using the @code{keymap-set} function,
 which takes a specific keymap as an argument, as well as the key and
-the command.  For example, my @file{.emacs} file contains the
-following expression to bind the @code{texinfo-insert-@@group} command
-to @kbd{C-c C-c g}:
+the command.  For example, the following expression binds the
+@code{texinfo-insert-@@group} command to @kbd{C-c C-c g}:
+
+@smallexample
+@group
+(keymap-set texinfo-mode-map "C-c C-c g" 'texinfo-insert-@@group)
+@end group
+@end smallexample
+
+While you are encouraged to use @code{keymap-set}, you likely would
+encounter @code{define-key} in various places. @code{define-key} is an
+older function to create keymaps, and is now considered legacy. The
+above key map can be rewritten in @code{define-key} as:
 
 @smallexample
 @group
@@ -17396,9 +17406,9 @@ Keymaps
 write a function to insert a word; but I prefer key strokes consistent
 with other Texinfo mode key bindings.)
 
-You will see numerous @code{define-key} expressions in
-@file{loaddefs.el} as well as in the various mode libraries, such as
-@file{cc-mode.el} and @file{lisp-mode.el}.
+You will see numerous @code{keymap-set} and @code{define-key}
+expressions in @file{loaddefs.el} as well as in the various mode
+libraries, such as @file{cc-mode.el} and @file{lisp-mode.el}.
 
 @xref{Key Bindings, , Customizing Key Bindings, emacs, The GNU Emacs
 Manual}, and @ref{Keymaps, , Keymaps, elisp, The GNU Emacs Lisp
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2.47.1

bug#74983: [PATCH] Use `keymap-set' instead of `define-key' in emacs lisp intro

[Hong Xu]

On 2024-12-19 Thu 23:01 GMT-08, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

>> From: Hong Xu <hong@topbug.net>
>> Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 14:36:29 -0800
>> 
>> * Since `define-key' is considered legacy and we encourage `keymap-set'
>>   now.
>
> Thanks.  But the second chunk is not really right, since we have many
> more define-key there than keymap-set.
>
> So my suggestion is not to _replace_ define-key with keymap-set, but
> instead describe _both_, explaining that as of Emacs 29 we are
> migrating towards keymap-set, which is preferred.

Thanks, I agree. I've made a followup patch. For some reason the
followup patch didn't attach to the Message ID of this thread and a new
bug 74999 was created.

-- 
Hong