From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Control help- and Info-mode buffers from other buffers Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2023 10:48:20 +0300 Organization: LINKOV.NET Message-ID: <86mt1fzm2z.fsf@mail.linkov.net> References: <87h6ruf09e.fsf@ledu-giraud.fr> <861qixbum2.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <86wn0opgpi.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <86ilc78zc2.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <834jnrek7w.fsf@gnu.org> <86v8g77iof.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83o7lzcxm8.fsf@gnu.org> <837csncfz1.fsf@gnu.org> <83o7lybaph.fsf@gnu.org> <863539sv46.fsf@mail.linkov.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="25059"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/30.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , manuel@ledu-giraud.fr, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Arthur Miller Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 04 10:33:29 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1q5jB0-0006EE-SX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 04 Jun 2023 10:33:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q5jA8-0008U5-As; Sun, 04 Jun 2023 04:32:32 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q5jA6-0008Tb-GI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Jun 2023 04:32:30 -0400 Original-Received: from relay9-d.mail.gandi.net ([2001:4b98:dc4:8::229]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q5jA4-0003Mu-Ci; Sun, 04 Jun 2023 04:32:30 -0400 X-GND-Sasl: juri@linkov.net X-GND-Sasl: juri@linkov.net X-GND-Sasl: juri@linkov.net X-GND-Sasl: juri@linkov.net Original-Received: by mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D65D3FF805; Sun, 4 Jun 2023 08:32:23 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <863539sv46.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (Juri Linkov's message of "Fri, 02 Jun 2023 19:13:30 +0300") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2001:4b98:dc4:8::229; envelope-from=juri@linkov.net; helo=relay9-d.mail.gandi.net X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:306604 Archived-At: > The problem is that another window's buffer should be selected before > reading a key sequence in it and executing the bound command. Another alternate that we currently are trying to avoid is a pattern used in e.g. 'project-switch-project': #+begin_src emacs-lisp (defun run-command-other-window (window) (interactive (list (other-window-for-scrolling))) (with-selected-window window (let* ((keys (read-key-sequence "Run in another window: ")) (command (key-binding keys))) (call-interactively command)))) (keymap-global-set "M-i" 'run-command-other-window) #+end_src Then 'M-i m' will read a menu in the adjacent Info window, and visit the selected Info node.