From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#1525: prompt string for execute-extended-command not flexible Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:51:15 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1310461785 394 80.91.229.12 (12 Jul 2011 09:09:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:09:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: xah lee , 1525@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 12 11:09:36 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QgYyF-0003zK-G9 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:09:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36717 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QgYyD-0007dT-1G for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 05:09:33 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:46265) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QgYiI-0003w5-RG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:53:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QgYiF-0003Pq-KU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:53:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:37364) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QgYiF-0003Pi-9B for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:53:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QgYiD-0001rU-Mg; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:53:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:53:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 1525 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: notabug Original-Received: via spool by 1525-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B1525.13104607367102 (code B ref 1525); Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:53:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 1525) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Jul 2011 08:52:16 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QgYhS-0001qV-Sw for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:52:15 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QgYhQ-0001qH-RB for 1525@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:52:13 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.51.58.getinternet.no ([84.215.51.58] helo=quimbies.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QgYhB-0001pX-V9; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:51:57 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:41:59 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Now-Playing: Japan's _Gentlemen Take Polaroids_: "Nightporter" X-Hashcash: 1:23:110712:1525@debbugs.gnu.org::Jq3yPvlU9F6hDcbs:00000000000000000000000000000000000000000FiVF X-Hashcash: 1:23:110712:xah@xahlee.org::DKqzerDWTcSV45ZL:000XSct X-Hashcash: 1:23:110712:monnier@iro.umontreal.ca::IXVUpqdnTbWs87iO:0000000000000000000000000000000000000hNBN X-MailScanner-ID: 1QgYhB-0001pX-V9 MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1311065518.15944@aZvyM+AsG82KaLLb2BTa+Q X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:53:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:48708 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > Actually the problem is that it should never have said "M-x " but rather > "Run command: ". From this viewpoint, there's no need to use > this_command_keys: "M-x" is really only meant to be "the canonical > key-binding for this command", so (key-description (car > (where-is-internal 'execute-extended-command))) works as well. > Otherwise if someone happens to hit the "menu" key without realizing > that it's bound to execute-extended-command he might start wonder "OK > the menu bar says 'menu ' what do I do now?", whereas presumably with > "M-x " the user sees "oh that runs the same command as M-x, cool". Right. So I'm closing this report, since this isn't really a bug. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/