Re: Get key-binding for a command and print key binding in kbd syntax

[Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>]

>>>>> On Thu, 09 Feb 2023 09:33:16 +0100, Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org> said:

    Tassilo> Hi all,
    Tassilo> someone asked on another list if mu4e could replace its main buffer's
    Tassilo> content, parts of which looks like

    Tassilo>   Maildirs

    Tassilo> 	* [ji] /Fastmail/GNU                                 0/1244
    Tassilo> 	* [ja] /Fastmail/Archive                             0/8976
    Tassilo> 	* [jb] /Fastmail/Drafts                              0/24

    Tassilo> where j is the key bound to the mu4e-search-maildir command by default,
    Tassilo> with the correct key bound in its mode's map.  I.e., right now, j is
    Tassilo> hard-coded and conforms to the standard binding but is wrong when you
    Tassilo> define-key it otherwise.

    Tassilo> So the question is: how do you get the key(s) for a command?
    Tassilo> `where-is-internal' looks promising giving ([106] [menu-bar mu4e Search\
    Tassilo> maildir]) where 106 is the char ?j.  If that's the right way, is numeric
    Tassilo> vector vs. vector of symbols the right way to distinguish key bindings
    Tassilo> from menu items?

`substitute-command-keys'

    Tassilo> And the other question: how to I convert such a key binding vector to a
    Tassilo> string in kbd syntax for display purposes?

`key-description'

Robert
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