From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Per Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Keymap customization Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 11:30:32 +0200 Organization: The Church of Emacs Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1033570915 28934 127.0.0.1 (2 Oct 2002 15:01:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 15:01:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17wl0Z-0007VN-00 for ; Wed, 02 Oct 2002 17:01:51 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17wllG-00032z-00 for ; Wed, 02 Oct 2002 17:50:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17wl0n-0008Ar-00; Wed, 02 Oct 2002 11:02:05 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17wfq7-0005wt-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Oct 2002 05:30:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17wfq5-0005wL-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Oct 2002 05:30:42 -0400 Original-Received: from sheridan.dina.kvl.dk ([130.225.40.227]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17wfq1-0005sm-00; Wed, 02 Oct 2002 05:30:38 -0400 Original-Received: from zuse.dina.kvl.dk (zuse.dina.kvl.dk [130.225.40.245]) by sheridan.dina.kvl.dk (8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian 8.9.3-21) with ESMTP id LAA06574; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 11:30:34 +0200 Original-Received: (from abraham@localhost) by zuse.dina.kvl.dk (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) id LAA05713; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 11:30:32 +0200 (MEST) X-Authentication-Warning: zuse.dina.kvl.dk: abraham set sender to abraham@dina.kvl.dk using -f Original-To: rms@gnu.org X-Face: +kRV2]2q}lixHkE{U)mY#+6]{AH=yN~S9@IFiOa@X6?GM|8MBp/ In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Mon, 23 Sep 2002 23:24:10 -0400") Original-Lines: 26 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090007 (Oort Gnus v0.07) Emacs/21.1 (sparc-sun-solaris2.8) Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:8325 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:8325 Richard Stallman writes: > 1. The defkeymap should generate a defvar. > > 2. The generation of new prefix keys is not supported. > > 3. We really should use a two-keymap solution in define-key. > > Fixing #3 would also fix #2. > > I am willing to solve #1 if that mean I can commit the code to the > Emacs CVS. I'll also think about #2 then. > > Don't bother with doing #2 using the current data format, since #3 > will take care of it. > > Is anyone interested in doing #3 now? Nobody seems to volunteer. So do we give up, or use Alex' implementation? As I said, I believe Alex' implementation will be forward compatible with a define-key based solution, and I also believe this will be the most important single improvement for ordinary users since Emacs 21.1, so I believe we should go ahead with Alex' code.