* Delayed Typing Hints of Multi-Level Keyboard Shortcuts
@ 2008-07-16 12:12 Nordlöw
2008-07-16 14:12 ` Drew Adams
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From: Nordlöw @ 2008-07-16 12:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
I suggest an interaction hint improvement for the Emacs developers
that I believe would be very clever for all Emacs users from beginners
to experts:
Why not to make emacs, I guess in minibuffer, after a short delay,
*hint* the continuation of *all* multi-level keyboard shortcuts/
bindings?
This delay would of course be configurable defaulting to I guess one
second (that is what C-h uses).
This would make Emacs much more *exploreable* and thereby more
attractive for new users.
An example of this kind of hinting is already available in the help
(prefix key C-h) so I guess it should not be too difficult to
implement this generalization.
Does something like this already exists in Icicles perhaps, Drew
Adams?
Thanks in advance,
Nordlöw
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* RE: Delayed Typing Hints of Multi-Level Keyboard Shortcuts
2008-07-16 12:12 Delayed Typing Hints of Multi-Level Keyboard Shortcuts Nordlöw
@ 2008-07-16 14:12 ` Drew Adams
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From: Drew Adams @ 2008-07-16 14:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 'Nordlöw', help-gnu-emacs
> I suggest an interaction hint improvement for the Emacs developers
> that I believe would be very clever for all Emacs users from beginners
> to experts:
>
> Why not to make emacs, I guess in minibuffer, after a short delay,
> *hint* the continuation of *all* multi-level keyboard shortcuts/
> bindings?
>
> This delay would of course be configurable defaulting to I guess one
> second (that is what C-h uses).
>
> This would make Emacs much more *exploreable* and thereby more
> attractive for new users.
>
> An example of this kind of hinting is already available in the help
> (prefix key C-h) so I guess it should not be too difficult to
> implement this generalization.
>
> Does something like this already exists in Icicles perhaps, Drew
> Adams?
What you describe does not exist as such in Icicles. However, you can complete
any key sequence by hitting S-TAB. IOW, the help you are asking for is available
with Icicles, but only on demand, not after a delay, and the help is available
in *Completions*, not in the minibuffer.
For example, if you start with `C-x 5' and then hit `S-TAB', you are presented
with all completions of `C-x 5' (in *Completions*), from which you can choose
one to use. Each completion candidate includes not only the key suffix but also
the associated command (e.g. `f = find-file-other-frame', for prefix `C-x 5').
You can complete against (match) the key suffix or the command name, or both.
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/Icicles_-_Nutshell_View#KeyCompletion
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