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From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: "Andreas Röhler" <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>
Cc: emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: C-c / r key-setting bug (?)
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:00:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5AB3A2E2-2ECE-4789-8C20-D3D807B5F55B@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4CC0354F.8020205@easy-emacs.de>


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.

Cheers

- Carsten

  reply	other threads:[~2010-10-21 13:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-21 10:37 C-c / r key-setting bug (?) Andreas Röhler
2010-10-21 10:51 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-10-21 11:44   ` Andreas Röhler
2010-10-21 11:52     ` Carsten Dominik
2010-10-21 12:42       ` Andreas Röhler
2010-10-21 13:00         ` Carsten Dominik [this message]
2010-10-21 13:34           ` Andreas Röhler
2010-10-21 14:04             ` Carsten Dominik
2010-10-21 14:11               ` Andreas Röhler
2010-10-21 14:31                 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-10-21 14:53                   ` Andreas Röhler
2010-10-21 15:33                     ` Jambunathan K
2010-10-21 16:36                       ` Andreas Röhler
2010-10-21 20:50         ` Carsten Dominik
2010-10-22  7:40           ` Andreas Röhler
2010-10-22  7:49             ` Carsten Dominik

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