Re: [NonGNU ELPA] New package: devil

[Susam Pal <susam.pal@gmail.com>]

Ruijie Yu <ruijie@netyu.xyz> wrote:
>
>
> Susam Pal <susam.pal@gmail.com> writes:
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> >> > "Minor mode for reading and translating key sequences."
> >>                   ^
> >>                   is this redundant?  hard to translate without reading.
> >>
> >> That sounds very generic, is the package capable of doing that for any
> >> kind of key translation.
> >
> > Thanks for the feedback. In that case,
> >
> > "Minor mode for translating key sequences."
>
> Can your package translate more than just modifier keys like control or
> meta?  Like translate key sequence "j k" into something else?
>
> If the answer is no, then maybe you should clarify that in the
> description.

Yes, this is possible. Although the defaults cater to how I and some
other users use this package, i.e., converting comma-prefixed key
sequences with modifier-based key sequences, the key sequence
translation logic does not make any assumption about modifier keys.

For example, one could configure the following key translations:

(setq devil-key "j")
(require 'devil)
(global-devil-mode)
(setq devil-logging t)
(setq devil-translations '(("%k k" . "RET")
                           ("%k l" . "<f10>")
                           ("%k m" . "C-M-")))

Assuming vanilla Emacs key bindings have not been altered, now typing
"j j" results in a newline. Typing "j l" opens the menu bar.
Similarly, typing "j m s" results in regexp i-search.

Regards,
Susam