From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: customizing key definitions with Customize
Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 00:02:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48276D10.6070701@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000301c8b39e$ded16a50$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com>
Drew Adams wrote:
> Users can customize key definitions by using commands such as `global-set-key'
> or by using functions such as `define-key' in their init files. And `kbd' helps
> them by letting them use external key descriptions.
>
> It can sometimes be useful to let users use Customize to update key-binding
> definitions. The `key-sequence' widget added in Emacs 22 is helpful here, but it
> only takes care of the key-sequence part of a binding, not the map part or the
> target command part. Also, defining keys can sometimes mean remapping existing
> commands instead of providing a key sequence to bind, and the `key-sequence'
> widget doesn't apply in that case.
>
> I've been using a key definition widget as a custom type, to let users of a
> library use only Customize to customize key bindings, if they want.
>
> The widget uses a `choice' to let you either specify a key sequence to bind or a
> command to be remapped. Dunno if this is of general interest, but here is what I
> use.
>
> (define-widget 'key-definition 'lazy
> "Key definition.
I like the idea, but can't it be taken one step further: Wouldn't it be
nice with a "sparse-keymap widget"? And then of course
`customize-sparse-keymap'.
Or have you already done this too, Drew?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-11 22:02 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) [this message]
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
2008-05-12 20:42 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
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