From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: function-key-map Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:46:14 -0400 Message-ID: References: <18189.42302.211705.594331@gargle.gargle.HOWL> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1192247208 4098 80.91.229.12 (13 Oct 2007 03:46:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 03:46:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 13 05:46:36 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 1IgXxT-0001ov-MN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Oct 2007 05:46:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IgXxN-000253-5E for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:46:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IgXxI-00024c-QO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:46:24 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IgXxE-00024Q-Ei for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:46:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IgXxE-00024N-A3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:46:20 -0400 Original-Received: from bc.sympatico.ca ([209.226.175.184] helo=tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IgXx9-0003jc-PO; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:46:15 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([70.55.141.81]) by tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20071013034614.ORJS18413.tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net@pastel.home>; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:46:14 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 1D2CD7F7B; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:46:13 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Fri\, 12 Oct 2007 20\:18\:34 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) 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:80761 Archived-At: > That is not necessarily a bad thing, but this map is not solely for > producing function keys. So lt's stay with `input-decode-map'. OK. > Those are valid arguments against the name `default-key-translation-map', > but not against renaming to a different name. Agreed. > Right now, in the term/*.el files that I've changed to take advantage of > input-decode-map, I've used "foo-alternative-maps" for the keymaps that > hold bindings that need to be added to function-key-map, so maybe we could > rename function-key-map to alternative-input-names-map or > fallback-input-rename-map? > "Alternative" does not clearly describe the functionality, but > "fallback" does. (I used "default" for the same meaning.) > So how about `key-fallback-alias-map'? Sounds OK to me. Should I rename input-decode-map to key-decode-map as well? I used `input' rather than `key' since it also applies to other events (mouse events, etc...), but it probably makes more sense to stay consistent. Stefan