Re: [WIP PATCH] Adding keys to keymaps in alphabetical order (for use with `mode-line-mode-menu')

[Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>]

Jim Porter <jporterbugs@gmail.com> writes:

> Currently, there's not a simple way of inserting a key binding into a
> keymap in alphabetical order. This would be nice for
> `mode-line-mode-menu'; to see the issue, you can run the following:
>
>   emacs -Q
>   <mouse-3> ;; on the mode name in the mode-line
>   ;; See the nice alphabetical list
>   M-x ruler-mode
>   <mouse-3> ;; on the mode name in the mode-line again
>   ;; "Ruler" is first(?!)

Yup; I can reproduce this issue, too.

> I've attached a simple patch that fixes this by adding a
> `define-key-sorted' function. I imagine it still needs some work to
> handle more complex cases, but it works well enough for
> `mode-line-mode-menu'.

Hm...  instead of adding a new function, perhaps it would make more
sense to just make the mode menu sort entries before displaying?

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