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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "'Peter Dyballa'" <Peter_Dyballa@web.de>, "'Will'" <will.eagle@gmx.net>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: RE: Describe current keymap
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:06:16 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <001a01c94672$ed6a42f0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ADDE4324-F1C0-4304-8B18-C9434315C6A0@Web.DE>

> > As I am always working with the remote emacs clients I wonder  
> > whether Emacs knows about this issues and can describe the current  
> > keyboard layout, e.g. similar to <quail-show-keyboard-layout> (not  
> > working).
> 
> No, it can't. It either receives key events from X or ANSI 
> codes from a terminal (emulation) or whatever another windowing
> system which client it is sends.

Peter answered the question you meant to ask.

Wrt your subject line, FWIW, `describe-keymap' in `help-fns+.el' will describe a
keymap, including the current one. But that won't help with physical keyboard
key locations.

http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/help-fns%2b.el
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/HelpPlus





      reply	other threads:[~2008-11-14 16:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-11-14 12:48 Describe current keymap Will
2008-11-14 14:38 ` Peter Dyballa
2008-11-14 16:06   ` Drew Adams [this message]

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