From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: menu indications of key bindings for remapped commands Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:24:38 -0800 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1168467988 17443 80.91.229.12 (10 Jan 2007 22:26:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:26:28 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 10 23:26:27 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1H4ltm-0003JE-KY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:26:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H4ltm-0003PC-7M for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:26:22 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H4ltS-0003L4-SK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:26:03 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H4ltQ-0003JV-AJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:26:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H4ltQ-0003JR-4Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:26:00 -0500 Original-Received: from [148.87.113.118] (helo=rgminet01.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1H4ltP-0002uB-Kz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:25:59 -0500 Original-Received: from rgmgw1.us.oracle.com (rgmgw1.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.110]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id l0AMPw5A025991 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:25:58 -0700 Original-Received: from rcsmt250.oracle.com (rcsmt250.oracle.com [148.87.90.195]) by rgmgw1.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id l0AMPvX7026661 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:25:57 -0700 Original-Received: from dhcp-4op11-4op12-west-130-35-178-179.us.oracle.com by rcsmt250.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2352664361168467880; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:24:40 -0700 Original-To: "Emacs-Devel" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:65135 Archived-At: What is the reason that a remapped command in a menu item has its key binding listed as, for example, "( )"? Is it because it would be impossible or difficult to pick up one of the final keys that it is actually bound to - e.g. "(C-x b)"? I assume this is not an oversight or a bug - I'm just curious as to why this appears this way. It is not especially useful for users to see this, IMO.