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From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: larsi@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: The new keymap functions
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2021 23:05:52 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1mmpjE-0007gc-KG@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1mmTyZ-0004QA-8Z@fencepost.gnu.org> (message from Richard Stallman on Sun, 14 Nov 2021 23:52:15 -0500)

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I wrote:

  >   > keymap-set
  >   > keymap-local-set
  >   > keymap-global-set
  >   > keymap-local-unset
  >   > keymap-global-unset
  >   > keymap-lookup

  > How about replacing `keymap' with `key'?  After all, they don't set or
  > unset (the binding of) a keymap, they set or unset a single key?

More correctly, they operate on the binding of a key sequence, not a
single key.  But my suggestion remains the same.  We can shorten "key
sequence" to "key" in a context like this.

The word "map" doesn't seem to contribute anything.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-11-16  4:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-11-13  6:56 The new keymap functions Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-13  7:31 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-11-13  7:50   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-13 11:36 ` Joost Kremers
2021-11-13 12:07   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-15 13:01     ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-11-15 16:53       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-16  7:28         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-16 14:08           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-16 14:24             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-16 15:13               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-16 15:19                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-16 17:16                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-17  7:30                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-13 15:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-11-13 15:24   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-14  3:17 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-14  5:05 ` Phil Sainty
2021-11-14  5:14   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-14  7:15     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-14 10:53       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-14 11:01         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-14  7:41     ` Yuri Khan
2021-11-15  4:52 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-15  5:14   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-16  4:05   ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2021-11-16  7:38     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-16 16:25       ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-11-17  4:16       ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-17  7:55         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-17 16:06           ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-11-16 16:24     ` Drew Adams
2021-11-16 20:14 ` Juri Linkov
2021-11-17  4:16   ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-17  7:36   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-17  8:10     ` Juri Linkov
2021-11-17  9:42       ` Robert Pluim
2021-11-17 17:03         ` Juri Linkov
2021-11-18  9:15           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-18 10:25             ` Robert Pluim
2021-11-18 10:33               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-18 10:37                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-18 10:54                   ` Robert Pluim
2021-11-18 10:59                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-11-15 18:38         ` Juri Linkov
2022-11-17  7:31           ` Juri Linkov
2022-11-17  8:35             ` Robert Pluim
2022-11-17 15:04               ` Robert Pluim
2022-11-17 17:29                 ` Juri Linkov
2022-11-18  8:33                   ` Robert Pluim
2022-11-18 15:41                     ` Robert Pluim
2023-03-17 14:48                 ` Robert Pluim
2023-03-18 18:04                   ` Juri Linkov
2023-03-20  8:54                     ` Robert Pluim
2021-11-17 20:57     ` Bob Rogers
2021-11-18  3:53       ` Richard Stallman
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2021-11-13 18:59 xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-11-14  0:42 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-14  4:56   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-14 15:41     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-11-14 18:00       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-14 12:04   ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.

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