From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: Global keymap not found Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 08:12:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <051f015f-0ebe-46f6-80d2-3a02d0993fac@default> References: <87k2qy4t9j.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1444230799 1422 80.91.229.3 (7 Oct 2015 15:13:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 15:13:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Tassilo Horn , Albrecht Mehl Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 07 17:13:06 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZjqOv-0004sr-Qb for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Oct 2015 17:13:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58158 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZjqOv-0007rv-Ae for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Oct 2015 11:13:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46255) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZjqOb-0007me-3Q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Oct 2015 11:12:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZjqOV-00022h-Bf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Oct 2015 11:12:44 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:48746) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZjqOR-00020m-2S; Wed, 07 Oct 2015 11:12:35 -0400 Original-Received: from aserv0022.oracle.com (aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id t97FCWU5017710 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 7 Oct 2015 15:12:32 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0122.oracle.com (aserv0122.oracle.com [141.146.126.236]) by aserv0022.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t97FCVFs000515 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Wed, 7 Oct 2015 15:12:31 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0004.oracle.com (abhmp0004.oracle.com [141.146.116.10]) by aserv0122.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t97FCV5l026850; Wed, 7 Oct 2015 15:12:31 GMT In-Reply-To: <87k2qy4t9j.fsf@gnu.org> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:107541 Archived-At: > > Where can I find the global keymap? >=20 > You can use the `describe-variable' (C-h v) to get the value and > documentation for a variable such as `global-map'. However, the value > of keymaps is not really meant for human consumption. Instead, type > `C-h b' to get the list of all keybindings which are available in the > current buffer right now in the order of precedence. Alternatively, > `C-h m' describes all the current major-mode and all minor-modes active > in the current buffer. The description include also all the key > bindings. Helpful advice, and the right place to start. > "the value of keymaps is not really meant for human consumption." I don't think this "meant for" is intended by Emacs, but is just an oversight. In any case, I don't think it should be intended. You can see the key bindings of a given keymap in a human-readable form - the same form used by `C-h b', if you use library `help-fns+.el'. http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/download/help-fns%2b.el The library provides command `describe-keymap', bound to `C-h M-k'. It prompts you for a keymap variable (such as `global-map'), and then prints the map's key bindings, as well as the documentation for the variable.