* No more "Prefix Command" in C-h m
@ 2023-03-19 17:19 Bob Rogers
2023-03-19 17:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: Bob Rogers @ 2023-03-19 17:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen, emacs-devel
A while ago, I noticed that C-h m no longer shows keys bound to
keymaps as "Prefix Command" along with their siblings when I almost
clobbered such a prefix when looking for an unused key sequence. I was
about to submit a bug report when I noticed the comment in the code that
said this was a design choice. The commit was a5d79fcfe83e by Lars
Ingebrigtsen on 2021-11-01. Lars, would you please tell us why?
-- Bob Rogers
http://www.rgrjr.com/
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* Re: No more "Prefix Command" in C-h m
2023-03-19 17:19 No more "Prefix Command" in C-h m Bob Rogers
@ 2023-03-19 17:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-03-19 17:58 ` Bob Rogers
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From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2023-03-19 17:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bob Rogers; +Cc: larsi, emacs-devel
> From: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.com>
> Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 10:19:37 -0700
>
> A while ago, I noticed that C-h m no longer shows keys bound to
You mean "C-h b", I suppose.
> keymaps as "Prefix Command" along with their siblings when I almost
> clobbered such a prefix when looking for an unused key sequence. I was
> about to submit a bug report when I noticed the comment in the code that
> said this was a design choice. The commit was a5d79fcfe83e by Lars
> Ingebrigtsen on 2021-11-01. Lars, would you please tell us why?
He already did, see
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-10/msg02399.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-10/msg02402.html
Bottom line: they were deemed unnecessary, since the key bindings that
use the prefix also show the prefix.
We could add a user option to get that back, if we think people will
want that sometimes.
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* Re: No more "Prefix Command" in C-h m
2023-03-19 17:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2023-03-19 17:58 ` Bob Rogers
2023-03-19 18:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: Bob Rogers @ 2023-03-19 17:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: larsi, emacs-devel
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 19:38:38 +0200
> From: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.com>
> Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 10:19:37 -0700
>
> A while ago, I noticed that C-h m no longer shows keys bound to
You mean "C-h b", I suppose.
Yes (but I'm used to seeing them in C-h m output).
> keymaps as "Prefix Command" along with their siblings when I almost
> clobbered such a prefix when looking for an unused key sequence. I was
> about to submit a bug report when I noticed the comment in the code that
> said this was a design choice. The commit was a5d79fcfe83e by Lars
> Ingebrigtsen on 2021-11-01. Lars, would you please tell us why?
He already did, see
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-10/msg02399.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-10/msg02402.html
Bottom line: they were deemed unnecessary, since the key bindings that
use the prefix also show the prefix.
Thanks.
We could add a user option to get that back, if we think people will
want that sometimes.
I would prefer that, since it's what I'm used to. I would argue that
the default should be on, since it almost tripped me up once. But it's
probably more of a legacy thing, and in any case I suppose that ship has
sailed.
If adding the option is deemed desirable, I'd be happy to code it.
-- Bob
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