From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: helpful messages whensoever one hits a wrong key Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 08:45:16 -0600 Organization: IHS Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1149778075 2341 80.91.229.2 (8 Jun 2006 14:47:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 14:47:55 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 08 16:47:54 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FoLn5-00068J-5O for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Jun 2006 16:47:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FoLn4-0003gG-EY for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:47:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FoLn2-0003g1-Bm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:47:16 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FoLn0-0003fU-LG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:47:15 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FoLn0-0003fR-Fl for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:47:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1FoLuq-0007IU-7U for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:55:20 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1FoLmO-0005wo-3W for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Jun 2006 16:46:36 +0200 Original-Received: from 207.167.42.206 ([207.167.42.206]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 08 Jun 2006 16:46:36 +0200 Original-Received: from ihs_4664 by 207.167.42.206 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 08 Jun 2006 16:46:36 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 18 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.167.42.206 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:15140 Archived-At: Dan Jacobson wrote: > Instead of gruff messages like > Buffer is read-only: # > Buffer is read-only: # > when one hits an unbound key, > or flashing of the terminal (BBDB mode), > helpful messages like > Commands: m, u, t, RET, g, k, S, D, Q; q to quit; h for help, or > new field: C-o; edit field: e; delete field: d; mode help: C-h m; info: i > could be put in the minibuffer. That would suck. BTW, an unbound key signals a "KEY is undefined" error. I think you are talking about keys bound to self-insert-command. -- Kevin