From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: schwab@linux-m68k.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: RE: Describing local-map/keymap in overlays/text properties
Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 13:18:53 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <430694bb-b123-40cc-bbd9-34a8f8761438@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87mwpzveef.fsf@building.gnus.org>
> > Pushing the normal output of "C-h b" further down the buffer doesn't
> > make sense, either. How about a new "C-h" command, or perhaps an
> > argument to "C-h b" that would trigger this new display?
>
> If you're pushing `C-h b', you want to know what commands are available
> for you. That's the point of the command. The commands that are
> available in the local text properties are the ones that matter to you
> most, because you moved the cursor there.
No, that's one use case of `C-h b', and yes, it ignores text-property
bindings.
If you make `C-h b' take into account `point' then it no longer shows
you binding information about the current context (buffer) in general.
If `a' is bound in the current buffer/mode to `self-insert-command',
but there is a text-property binding of `a' to `ignore', then `C-h b'
output will show only the latter. You lose the general info.
Or if you choose to show both, and the fact that the text-property
bindings shadow other bindings, then why privilege text-property
bindings this way? We don't do that in `C-h b' for other bindings
that override bindings.
`C-h b' does not currently tell you, for example, that `a' is bound
in the `global-map' to `self-insert-command' AND that it is bound in
the current local keymap to `foobar' AND that it is bound in the
currently active minor mode `toto' to `toto-go-fish'... AND give you
information about the various binding shadowings. It simply gives
you the current effective binding of `a'.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-07-06 20:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-04 19:04 Describing local-map/keymap in overlays/text properties Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2013-07-05 9:01 ` Andreas Schwab
2013-07-06 15:23 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2013-07-06 15:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-07-06 15:56 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2013-07-06 16:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-07-06 16:13 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2013-07-06 16:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-07-06 16:31 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2013-07-06 17:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-07-08 14:14 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2013-07-08 14:40 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2013-07-06 20:06 ` Stephen Leake
2013-07-06 20:18 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2013-07-06 19:47 ` James Cloos
2013-07-07 6:43 ` Andreas Schwab
2013-07-07 19:20 ` James Cloos
2013-07-06 20:18 ` Drew Adams
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