Re: Qs on key-description, substitute-command-keys

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>     I think we should devise some way to get the desired result
>     without going through contorsions like `advertized-bla'.
>     ... the first thing that jumps to my mind is to rely
>     on a `preferred-binding' property (containing a key-sequence)
>     on the command symbol, or otherwise require the use of a
>     menu-item for the main binding and then obey a boolean
>     ":preferred-binding" property placed on the  menu-item.

> I like the former, as the latter sounds very restrictive (we don't want menu
> explosion, just so people can get user-friendly messages with bindings in
> them).

Please read up on what is a "menu-item" in a keymap.  It's used for "menu
items", but can be used anywhere.  E.g. grep for menu-item in pcvs-defs.el.

> However, I would prefer a list of preferred bindings, in order of
> preference, to a single binding. If, for some reason, the exact binding is
> not known (e.g. might have changed), so that the first preference isn't
> available (bound), the next available binding would be used, in order. As a
> shortcut, a single binding name could be used in place of the list (= your
> suggestion).

That makes sense,


        Stefan