bug#71648: 30.0.50; Allow which-key to report on translation bindings

[Justin Burkett <justin@burkett.cc>]

On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 10:56 AM Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>> On Thu, 20 Jun 2024 10:20:36 -0400, Justin Burkett <justin@burkett.cc> said:
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>     Justin> On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 4:27 AM Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> wrote:
>     >>
>     >> >>>>> On Wed, 19 Jun 2024 11:48:01 -0400, Justin Burkett <justin@burkett.cc> said:
>     >>
>     Justin> In any event, Robert's example was helpful, and I think that
>     Justin> information would be useful to include in which-key.
>     >>
>     >> By default, or with a custom option? If the latter, it could be a list
>     >> of 'extra' keymaps for `which-key' to consult.
>
>     Justin> I can see an argument for either. My only concern with the option
>     Justin> would be explaining what the option does in plain language.
>
> Wordsmithing is easy ;-)
>
> (defcustom which-key-extra-keymaps nil
>   "List of extra keymaps to show bindings from.
> This allows you to add personal keymaps for `which-key' to check.  A
> preset value is available to enable looking in `key-translation-map',
> which contains the \\='C-x 8' bindings for entering common characters."
>   :type '(choice (list :tag "Translation map" (const key-translation-map))
>                  (repeat :tag "Custom" symbol))
>   :version "30.1")
>

That seems reasonable enough. How about doing both? Add the option and
use key-translation-map for the default value.

> Robert
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