Re: C-c / r key-setting bug (?)

["Andreas Röhler" <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>]

Am 21.10.2010 16:31, schrieb Carsten Dominik:
>
> On Oct 21, 2010, at 4:11 PM, Andreas Röhler wrote:
>
>> Am 21.10.2010 16:04, schrieb Carsten Dominik:
>>>
>>> On Oct 21, 2010, at 3:34 PM, Andreas Röhler wrote:
>>>
>>>> Am 21.10.2010 15:00, schrieb Carsten Dominik:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 21, 2010, at 2:42 PM, Andreas Röhler wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> [ ... ]
>>>>>>>>> C-c / will prompt for another key and then dispatch depending on
>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>> key.
>>>>>>>>> Many do.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hmm, that would fit into the already mentioned coding-style
>>>>>>>> category.
>>>>>>>> Is it wise to do it that way?
>>>>>>>> For example M-x describe-mode fails telling about these keys.
>>>>>>>> Are reasons for this?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes. There are not enough keys, unless I introduce a larger number
>>>>>>> of full-scale prefix keys. And it is much easier to remember just
>>>>>>> `C-c
>>>>>>> /' and then get a friendly prompt for a number of options. For
>>>>>>> interactive use, I think this is just perfect.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Now, if you want to write programs based on these functions, then
>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>> want to have the real command names. This is one of the reasons
>>>>>>> why I
>>>>>>> like to have them in the manual, for look up.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm following, thanks for the explanation.
>>>>>> Remains a describe-mode bug than (?)
>>>>>
>>>>> I would not call it a bug. Describe-mode looks at the key maps, it
>>>>> cannot look into the functions.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> OK, but can't you make it known to the keymap?
>>>
>>> No, I cannot.
>>>
>>> - Carsten
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Ah, we can, I'm sure.
>> Let's assume you assigned the same keys to different commands.
>> Somehow Emacs must discriminate the states where the one or the other
>> are to use.
>> So let's call these states modes, make a keymap for it, no?
>
> Hi Andreas,
>
> We could make C-c / a prefix and define the other commands in the
> keymap of the prefix command. But this would defeat the purpose of the
> dispatcher with its friendly prompt etc.
>
> In fact, I do not want describe-mode to show all these. I have thought
> carefully about this.
>
> - Carsten

OK, you are the mastermind :-)

There is a bug-report still an-responded.

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Andreas