From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: local keymap patch for key-binding Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:36:15 -0400 Message-ID: <87r6yjxh7k.fsf@furball.mit.edu> References: <87slj1hybl.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <85pse5cbqw.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87zmd7yjq4.fsf@furball.mit.edu> <85pse3n99c.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1157942202 4431 80.91.229.2 (11 Sep 2006 02:36:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 02:36:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 11 04:36:38 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GMbf4-0004Qg-5g for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 04:36:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GMbf3-00035T-NX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:36:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GMbet-00035O-IG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:36:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GMbes-000354-8G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:36:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [18.72.1.2] (helo=south-station-annex.mit.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GMbg3-0006Ay-34; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:37:39 -0400 Original-Received: from grand-central-station.mit.edu (GRAND-CENTRAL-STATION.MIT.EDU [18.7.21.82]) by south-station-annex.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.9.2) with ESMTP id k8B2aPXO003971; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:36:25 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from outgoing-legacy.mit.edu (OUTGOING-LEGACY.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.104]) by grand-central-station.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.9.2) with ESMTP id k8B2aMRo027947; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:36:24 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from furball.mit.edu (SYDNEYPACIFIC-SEVEN-FIFTY-TWO.MIT.EDU [18.95.7.241]) ) by outgoing-legacy.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id k8B2aF8U019840; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:36:15 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from cyd by furball.mit.edu with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1GMbeh-00030J-00; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:36:15 -0400 Original-To: David Kastrup In-Reply-To: <85pse3n99c.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (David Kastrup's message of "Sun\, 10 Sep 2006 15\:25\:51 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Score: 1.217 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.42 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:59647 Archived-At: David Kastrup writes: >> C-h k followed by mouse-1 on the overlay, display string, or text >> propertized region all report the correct action for the given local >> keymap. > > Uh, C-h k has extra code doing this sort of lookup. It does not rely > on key-binding. It also works with (setq foo (read-key-sequence "")) > Do you have an idea why the stuff in read-key-sequence concerning > mouse related maps appears so much more complicated? Or is it just > me? Some complication, of course, is due to read-key-sequence > having to _assemble_ a key sequence instead of merely looking it up. What you said.