From: Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com>
To: Emacs <Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Find bindings for all modes
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 14:00:24 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141028220024.GE7374@mail.akwebsoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOj2CQSRgNK1vVOkZ_5yNYsodtT_563X79rigoN-rQyfgcQJoA@mail.gmail.com>
* John Mastro <john.b.mastro@gmail.com> [141028 13:54]:
> Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> wrote:
> > Is there a way to find out all mode - specific bindings for a given
> > key sequence?
>
> I think it depends on what your intended use is. For instance, you could
> do something like this:
I'd like to use C-j as a prefix key.
Note: I have limited mobility in my hands and always have the
control key to the left of my "A" key.
> (defun bindings-for (key)
> (let ((seen nil)
> (bindings nil))
> (dolist (buffer (buffer-list))
> (with-current-buffer buffer
> (unless (memq major-mode seen)
> (push major-mode seen)
> (push (cons major-mode (key-binding key))
> bindings))))
> bindings))
>
> (pp (bindings-for (kbd "C-j")))
This is very handy. Thank You!
> This will show you an alist mapping major mode names to the command
> bound to C-j in some active buffer of that mode.
>
> Unfortunately, this is far from perfect. The binding could well be
> associated with a minor mode rather than a major mode, but it shows the
> major mode's name anyway. And different `foo-mode' buffers could have
> different bindings for the same key, but it assumes they're all the
> same.
>
> I don't know a way to get a really definitive look at "what's bound
> where by whom", but hopefully someone else will chime in.
:) The more the merrier...
thanks again
--
Tim
tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com
http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-10-28 22:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-10-28 17:58 Find bindings for all modes Tim Johnson
2014-10-28 21:53 ` John Mastro
2014-10-28 22:00 ` Tim Johnson [this message]
2014-10-28 22:18 ` John Mastro
2014-10-29 0:31 ` Tim Johnson
2014-10-29 3:09 ` Robert Thorpe
2014-10-29 18:19 ` Tim Johnson
2014-10-29 23:05 ` John Mastro
2014-10-30 1:46 ` Tim Johnson
2014-10-30 2:04 ` Robert Thorpe
2014-10-30 18:25 ` Tim Johnson
2014-11-01 21:00 ` Robert Thorpe
2014-11-04 0:04 ` Tim Johnson
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