From: Thibaut Verron <thibaut.verron@gmail.com>
To: Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>
Cc: carlmarcos@tutanota.com, Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org>,
help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Generality of defvar
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 18:39:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFsi02QMAJgXaLQW0HU5FEBn43rLW7Wz1ScG2jrWxEqUQQ0NBw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <trinity-bb7bd083-67cc-4ae1-a962-8c1ec9e36f78-1658939388853@3c-app-mailcom-bs05>
Le mer. 27 juil. 2022 à 18:29, Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com> a écrit :
>
>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 1:47 AM
> > From: "Thibaut Verron" <thibaut.verron@gmail.com>
> > To: carlmarcos@tutanota.com
> > Cc: "Emanuel Berg" <incal@dataswamp.org>, "help-gnu-emacs" <
> help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> > Subject: Re: Generality of defvar
> >
> > Le mer. 27 juil. 2022 à 15:24, <carlmarcos@tutanota.com> a écrit :
> >
> > >
> > > Jul 27, 2022, 13:21 by thibaut.verron@gmail.com:
> > >
> > > > Le mer. 27 juil. 2022 à 14:52, carlmarcos--- via Users list for the
> GNU
> > > Emacs text editor <> help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> > a écrit :
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Jul 27, 2022, 12:34 by >> incal@dataswamp.org>> :
> > > >>
> > > >> > carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor wrote:
> > > >> >
> > > >> >> (defun enable-error-diagnostics ()
> > > >> >> "Enable error diagnostics with backtrace buffer.
> > > >> >> One can exit the debugger with the q command."
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >
> > > >> > You can refer to keys in docstrings like this:
> > > >> >
> > > >> > \\[forward-word]
> > > >> >
> > > >> > That way, it isn't hardcoded so if later changed/configured
> > > >> > it'll still show the right key.
> > > >> >
> > > >> How can I figure out what key to use in the docstring for exiting
> the
> > > backtrace buffer?
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > The function bound to 'q' is quit-window. But since this function
> > > doesn't have a global binding, you need to tell the docstring to use
> the
> > > appropriate keymap to look the binding up.
> > > >
> > > > Something like
> > > >
> > > > "Enable error diagnostics with backtrace buffer.
> > > >
> > > > \\<backtrace-mode-map> (note: this is the part telling emacs where to
> > > look for the key)
> > > > One can exit the debugger with the `quit-window' command (bound to
> > > \\[quit-window])."
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Although quit-window is bound to q, the command \\[quit-window] just
> > > inserts
> > > M-x quit-window, rather than q.
> > >
> >
> > Yes, that's precisely because quit-window doesn't have a global binding.
> > You need to add \\<backtrace-mode-map> somewhere in the docstring to tell
> > emacs to show bindings for the backtrace buffers, rather than global
> > bindings.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Thibaut
>
> Sounds good advice, but the result could be
>
> Uses keymap ‘backtrace-mode-map’, which is not currently defined.
>
My bad, it should have been debugger-mode-map.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-07-27 16:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-07-26 20:35 Generality of defvar carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-07-26 23:01 ` Philip Kaludercic
[not found] ` <87r127h40s.fsf@posteo.net-N7wjq17--3-2>
2022-07-26 23:10 ` carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-07-27 7:29 ` Thibaut Verron
[not found] ` <CAFsi02SEVCEjGNoQ6vPZvMw7d5F39JZAAPCR5VOUnzQDUERkQA@mail.gmail.com-N7yZ2U2----2>
2022-07-27 12:18 ` carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-07-27 12:34 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-07-27 12:52 ` carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-07-27 13:21 ` Thibaut Verron
2022-07-27 13:24 ` carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-07-27 13:47 ` Thibaut Verron
2022-07-27 16:29 ` Christopher Dimech
2022-07-27 16:39 ` Thibaut Verron [this message]
2022-07-28 6:42 ` Christopher Dimech
2022-07-28 7:06 ` Thibaut Verron
2022-07-28 7:34 ` Christopher Dimech
2022-07-28 9:37 ` thibaut.verron
2022-07-28 13:57 ` Christopher Dimech
2022-07-26 23:16 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-07-26 23:23 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-07-26 23:36 ` carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-07-27 4:57 ` Yuri Khan
2022-07-27 6:59 ` carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-07-29 15:56 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-07-29 16:25 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-07-30 3:56 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-07-30 19:36 ` Drew Adams
2022-08-01 3:24 ` Emanuel Berg
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