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: RE: C-h k does not work with M-o Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 15:07:04 -0700 Message-ID: References: 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 1180390105 26353 80.91.229.12 (28 May 2007 22:08:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 22:08:25 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 29 00:08:24 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 1HsnO3-0004Qa-06 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 May 2007 00:08:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HsnO2-0002Kw-Hc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 May 2007 18:08:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HsnNz-0002Kr-Is for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 May 2007 18:08:19 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HsnNz-0002Kf-2j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 May 2007 18:08:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HsnNz-0002Kc-06 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 May 2007 18:08:19 -0400 Original-Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HsnNy-0002e0-HZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 May 2007 18:08:18 -0400 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 l4SM7i79006317 for ; Mon, 28 May 2007 16:07:44 -0600 Original-Received: from acsmt351.oracle.com (acsmt351.oracle.com [141.146.40.151]) by rgmgw1.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id l4SKIROv032679 for ; Mon, 28 May 2007 16:07:44 -0600 Original-Received: from dhcp-amer-csvpn-gw1-141-144-65-122.vpn.oracle.com by acsmt350.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2735594461180390043; Mon, 28 May 2007 15:07:23 -0700 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:71906 Archived-At: > > When I do C-h k M-o I see a line beginning with Set face: > > M-o is a prefix key. ... > > That is correct. It would be nice if describe-key (`C-h k') provided > an error message (after a suitable and adjustable time out) for this. > This would help the novices and the foolish, but not anyone else. (I > do not have time to propose a fix.) Do you mean something like this? (message "`%s' is a prefix key; type another key" (this-command-keys)) (sit-for 2)