From: "T. V. Raman" <raman@users.sf.net>
To: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca
Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: function-key-map
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:23:26 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <18189.42302.211705.594331@gargle.gargle.HOWL> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvlkabxd4i.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
I use it additionally to define special keys on the console like
ctrl+arrows which are otherwise only available under X -- see
http://emacspeak.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/tvr/console.el
and
http://emacspeak.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/tvr/console-keymaps/
>>>>> "Stefan" == Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>> Now that the original purpose of `function-key-map' is
>> done by `input-decode-map', what purposes should
>> `function-key-map' be used for? Is it still useful?
Stefan>
Stefan> Yes, it's still very useful. See for example how
Stefan> term/xterm.el uses both. Or term/x-win.el.
Stefan> I.e. it's useful to give optional remapping
Stefan> corresponding to alternative key-names.
Stefan>
Stefan> I think it'd even be worthwhile to extend the
Stefan> functionality of function-key-map in the following
Stefan> ways: - make it possible to specify a "set of keys"
Stefan> to remap via e.g. a predicate. - apply
Stefan> function-key-map repeatedly (i.e. apply it to its
Stefan> output).
Stefan>
Stefan> This way we could try and move all the ad-hoc C code
Stefan> in read-key-sequence which: - drops down-mouse-N
Stefan> events if they're not bound - remaps triple-mouse-N
Stefan> to double-mouse-N if not bound - remaps
Stefan> double-mouse-N to mouse-N if not bound - remaps
Stefan> shift-<key> to <key> if not bound - a few more along
Stefan> the same lines
Stefan>
Stefan> we could also add
Stefan>
Stefan> - remap all modifier combinations of mouse-4 to
Stefan> wheel-up (with the same modifiers), and similarly for
Stefan> wheel-down, wheel-left and wheel-right.
Stefan>
Stefan> This would significantly help clean up the
Stefan> horrendously long read_key_sequence function.
Stefan>
Stefan>
Stefan> Stefan
Stefan>
Stefan>
Stefan> _______________________________________________
Stefan> Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org
Stefan> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-11 4:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-10-10 13:00 function-key-map Richard Stallman
2007-10-10 14:31 ` function-key-map Stefan Monnier
2007-10-11 4:23 ` T. V. Raman [this message]
2007-10-11 13:55 ` function-key-map Stefan Monnier
2007-10-12 1:17 ` function-key-map T. V. Raman
2007-10-12 2:46 ` function-key-map Richard Stallman
2007-10-12 15:19 ` function-key-map Stefan Monnier
2007-10-13 0:18 ` function-key-map Richard Stallman
2007-10-13 3:46 ` function-key-map Stefan Monnier
2007-10-13 14:14 ` function-key-map Richard Stallman
2007-10-14 18:58 ` function-key-map Stefan Monnier
2007-10-15 16:03 ` function-key-map Richard Stallman
2007-10-16 20:31 ` function-key-map Stefan Monnier
2007-10-11 5:19 ` function-key-map Richard Stallman
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