From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: RE: customizing key definitions with Customize
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 16:58:58 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <007501c8b7b0$ceb03280$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1Jx40y-00051D-Jb@fencepost.gnu.org>
> It would typically be libraries, not users, that would create
> customizable keymaps (i.e. options). But please don't get
> hung up on where or when the option is created.
>
> I asked you to show me what it would look like to use this in Lisp
> mode, and that is what you showed me. I took you at your word and
> commented on what you showed me, and now you say I am "hung up".
I didn't say you were hung up. I asked you to please not get hung up on that
topic.
Probably it would have been better if I had used different words. What I meant
by my request was that we postpone that part of the discussion until after we've
figured out what the "means of customizing" should be - "how it works in Lisp
and what the user experiences in Customize." That's all I meant - not that you
are hung up in any way.
I was no doubt not clear enough on how I see this - I hope it's clear now what I
meant: Libraries (Lisp code) would propose to users what bindings are available
to be customized (but that wouldn't stop them from customizing more if they
wanted).
I sent the option-creation function in the form of a command that provides
completion so that people could easily try the code out with different keymaps.
A priori, I have nothing for or against letting users also use such a command,
but I envisioned the creation of the keymap options being done by Lisp code,
typically.
> I have said what I think about how to make this a good feature.
> Since I will not be the one to implement it, I think I have done
> all that I can usefully do.
Likewise, I guess. Will anybody be implementing such a feature in Emacs? I think
it would be a useful addition. I haven't claimed and I won't claim that the
implementation I sent is how things should ultimately be done. I offered it
mainly to as a prototype to show what key-definition customization might look
like for a user and to explore some of the possible issues.
I separated user option and keymap variable for the reasons I gave: (1) leaving
open the possibility of not necessarily encouraging customization of all keys in
a keymap and (2) the implementation issue that a keymap structure is not
immediately one that Customize can use (without changes). Alternatively,
Customize could perhaps be made to understand keymaps directly.
I hope that some agreement can be reached on what kind of UI and implementation
would be most useful, and I hope someone with good Customize knowledge is
interested in working on that implementation. This could be a useful feature.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-16 23:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-05-11 19:40 customizing key definitions with Customize Drew Adams
2008-05-11 22:02 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-05-11 22:28 ` Drew Adams
2008-05-11 22:40 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-05-11 23:02 ` Drew Adams
2008-05-11 23:09 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-05-11 23:19 ` Drew Adams
2008-05-11 23:23 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-05-11 23:34 ` Drew Adams
2008-05-12 20:42 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-05-14 5:24 ` Drew Adams
2008-05-12 8:59 ` Reiner Steib
2008-05-12 20:58 ` Drew Adams
2008-05-12 11:20 ` Richard M Stallman
2008-05-12 14:01 ` Drew Adams
2008-05-13 0:03 ` Juri Linkov
2008-05-13 0:40 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-05-13 14:59 ` Richard M Stallman
2008-05-13 23:59 ` Juri Linkov
2008-05-14 1:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-05-14 16:40 ` Richard M Stallman
2008-05-15 4:46 ` Drew Adams
2008-05-15 17:39 ` Richard M Stallman
2008-05-16 8:01 ` Drew Adams
2008-05-16 17:46 ` Richard M Stallman
2008-05-16 18:00 ` David Kastrup
2008-05-16 23:58 ` Drew Adams
2008-05-17 5:00 ` Richard M Stallman
2008-05-16 7:51 ` Drew Adams
2008-05-18 1:22 ` Drew Adams
2008-05-18 9:07 ` Key/menu bug? (was: customizing key definitions with Customize) David Kastrup
2008-05-13 15:07 ` customizing key definitions with Customize David Reitter
2008-05-13 19:05 ` David Kastrup
2008-05-14 5:23 ` Drew Adams
2008-05-13 5:16 ` Richard M Stallman
2008-05-14 5:23 ` Drew Adams
2008-05-14 16:39 ` Richard M Stallman
2008-05-15 4:36 ` Drew Adams
2008-05-15 17:39 ` Richard M Stallman
2008-05-16 8:02 ` Drew Adams
2008-05-16 17:46 ` Richard M Stallman
2008-05-16 23:58 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2008-05-12 20:42 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
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