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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, Hong Xu <hong@topbug.net>
Cc: 74983@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#74983: [PATCH] Use `keymap-set' instead of `define-key' in emacs lisp intro
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 04:35:30 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkmnmWHjies57ptvWL+hPeHfmATnxvHb7hrKP_vbYiNHNTA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86pllmkfcm.fsf@gnu.org>

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.





  reply	other threads:[~2024-12-20  9:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-12-19 22:36 bug#74983: [PATCH] Use `keymap-set' instead of `define-key' in emacs lisp intro Hong Xu
2024-12-20  7:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-12-20  9:35   ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
2024-12-20 15:43   ` Drew Adams via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors

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