From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#29141: 25.3; Precise if read-key of prefix key is active Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 00:12:27 +0200 Message-ID: <878rqzhkqc.fsf@gnus.org> References: <89fdbabe-114f-0509-1993-03c15c9a8170@luyten.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="37630"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 29141@debbugs.gnu.org To: Pierre-Yves Luyten Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed May 18 00:13:10 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nr5RF-0009Wr-Mr for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 18 May 2022 00:13:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59552 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nr5RE-00014Q-FL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 17 May 2022 18:13:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:43806) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nr5R8-00014D-Gm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 May 2022 18:13:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:36134) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nr5R8-0005sr-8B for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 May 2022 18:13:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nr5R8-0002vA-3S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 May 2022 18:13:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 22:13:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 29141 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 29141-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B29141.165282555811186 (code B ref 29141); Tue, 17 May 2022 22:13:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 29141) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 May 2022 22:12:38 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58261 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nr5Qk-0002uL-2s for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 May 2022 18:12:38 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:58540) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nr5Qi-0002u3-Ix for 29141@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 May 2022 18:12:37 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=tEymvVjJ84ECpSVadz1GQTwCFAC5hm+8DpLC1cMWRx8=; b=oPRQFrQr1Q4W5s+u106WOE6mKc fCmpIXjSNMBAT39sIeneM886kTIoRnZ64ScLfXX8SnFYIVLgtyZpR8DJN46hT8Qmf3GSqwrhi/x0s MQgn2tQNSoTfTEpfSIQWPSDqYSL3yGeULAm+MwMmnvo/Mp1oxl/74itaX7uHvbpCT0Zc=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nr5Qa-0008JZ-2I; Wed, 18 May 2022 00:12:30 +0200 X-Now-Playing: Fort Romeau's _Beings of Light_: "Untitled IV" In-Reply-To: <89fdbabe-114f-0509-1993-03c15c9a8170@luyten.fr> (Pierre-Yves Luyten's message of "Fri, 3 Nov 2017 23:30:36 +0100") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:232499 Archived-At: Pierre-Yves Luyten writes: > Expected behavior > Since the user needs to learn the core of Emacs, it is necessary to be > able to present to the user, not only available shortuts, but also the > name of the current keymap > > Behavior > As far as i know, there is no way to say if a prefix key is active. > One could parse which shortcuts are active, then deduce which prefix key > is active, but this would not be very reliable. (I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately weren't resolved at the time.) I'm not sure I understand what is being requested here. For instance: (key-binding "\C-c") => (keymap (keymap (67108896 . erc-track-switch-buffer) (0 . erc-track-switch-buffer)) mode-specific-command-prefix) If a key sequence is a prefix key, key-binding will return a keymap, so you can check that. As for "the name of the current keymap" -- I'm not sure I understand that, either. current-local-map will return that, but perhaps something else is means? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no