From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stefan Monnier" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Suggestion: Simple way to make conditional key bindings. Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 21:22:25 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <200208280122.g7S1MP232557@rum.cs.yale.edu> References: <3D49FF140074EFAE@mel-rta7.wanadoo.fr> <5xadnd3eck.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <200208231722.g7NHM0M02096@rum.cs.yale.edu> <5xptw6wm2v.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <200208261547.g7QFlpA24835@rum.cs.yale.edu> <20020826193301.GA7248@gnu.org> <200208271905.g7RJ5hj13019@wijiji.santafe.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1030497777 22304 127.0.0.1 (28 Aug 2002 01:22:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 01:22:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu, storm@cua.dk, David.Ponce@wanadoo.fr, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17jrXr-0005nX-00 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 03:22:55 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17js3Q-0004Cz-00 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 03:55:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17jrZD-0000Ls-00; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 21:24:19 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17jrXV-0008Op-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 21:22:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17jrXT-0008Od-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 21:22:32 -0400 Original-Received: from rum.cs.yale.edu ([128.36.229.169]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17jrXR-0008ON-00; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 21:22:29 -0400 Original-Received: (from monnier@localhost) by rum.cs.yale.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g7S1MP232557; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 21:22:25 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.4 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 Original-To: Miles Bader Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:7011 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:7011 > Richard Stallman writes: > > Much better is some system like fill-paragraph uses where the > > generic binding looks for `fill-parapgraph-function' to do the > > work, which modes can override. > > > > It is very useful to set up these hooks in specific places > > where we see we need them. However, we can't expect to provide > > these hooks for all the situations where someone wants to override > > a certain command for certain text. > > Sure; but my point was that there oughta be a better way than just > binding the key. Maybe there's some halfway point. There's always defadvice. And there's the new `remap' facility. Stefan