From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Input events and (interactive "e") Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 18:51:46 +0300 Message-ID: <83d34obtd9.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83lijeax2n.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1340553114 3785 80.91.229.3 (24 Jun 2012 15:51:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 15:51:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 24 17:51:53 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Sip6O-0000t6-63 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:51:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59166 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sip6O-0000XB-7l for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 11:51:52 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:39416) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sip6L-0000Ws-GF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 11:51:50 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sip6J-0002N8-Kk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 11:51:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:53096) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sip6J-0002Mq-Cd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 11:51:47 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0M6400H00P96TI00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 18:51:39 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.210.75]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0M6400HJ8PE3CXA0@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 18:51:39 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-Received-From: 80.179.55.166 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:151134 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Monnier > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 00:45:08 -0400 > > > And btw, what is the story behind special-event-map, and why should > > events be put on that map? > > Think of "C-x C-s". Should "someevent" be considered as > part of the whole key-sequence for the purpose of command lookup, or is > "someevent" sufficiently special that it should be run immediately > regardless of the previous "C-x" and then ignored from the overall > key-sequence which will just read "C-x C-s"? > > If the latter, then your event should be handled by special-event-map. Thanks, I will add something along these lines to the manual. How about the broader question, regarding non-keyboard events and "e": any hints and/or suggestions there? Should I just document what I found out and understood?