Re: Feature Request == Impl Howto question

["T.V Raman" <raman@google.com>]

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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:


Thanks for the echo-keystrokes pointer, was exactly (and all) that I
needed.
See
https://emacspeak.blogspot.com/2023/03/training-wheels-for-better-ergonomics.html>>
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 20:41:19 -0800


>> From: "T.V Raman" <raman@google.com>
>> 
>> In recent versions of Emacs, if you press a prefix key and wait,
>> there is a message in the echo area that shows the prefix key that was
>> pressed.
>
> Actually, this feature is very old, probably as old as Emacs itself.
>
>> Feature request: would it be possible to define an event handler from
>> elisp for this; if so I could use it to play a short sound
>
> You mean, to call a hook when we display that?  Should be easy, I
> think; patches welcome.
>
>> and preferably with a configurable timeout before that elisp-handler
>> is invoked. Is this possible?
>
> The timeout is already configurable, see the variable echo-keystrokes.

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