From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Subject: Qs on key-description, substitute-command-keys
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 16:55:43 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <MEEKKIABFKKDFJMPIOEBCEPFCMAA.drew.adams@oracle.com> (raw)
Why was the output from `key-description' and `substitute-command-keys'
changed to use angle brackets around simple key sequences like S-tab?
I have, for instance, a help string that looks like this when displayed:
(S-tab or TAB: list, C-h: help). I mean, that's what it looks like in Emacs
20 - in Emacs 22, the first key sequence is shown as <S-tab>, while the
others remain simple, without angle brackets.
I'm sure there are good reasons why this was changed, but I'm curious why.
Is there another standard function I can call, perhaps in combination with
`substitute-command-keys', to get the simpler representation, S-tab, from
the less readable <S-tab>? Or should I just roll my own?
Also, is there a good way to control which of several key bindings for a
command is output by `substitute-command-keys'? The only way I've found is
to make sure that the one I want is the last of the key sequences for that
command defined in the map - and that's not always feasible. I found nothing
in the manual about which binding is displayed or how to control that.
next reply other threads:[~2005-10-04 23:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-10-04 23:55 Drew Adams [this message]
2005-10-05 16:23 ` Qs on key-description, substitute-command-keys Kevin Rodgers
2005-10-05 16:39 ` Drew Adams
2005-10-14 22:53 ` Drew Adams
2005-10-15 11:27 ` Juri Linkov
2005-10-15 14:25 ` Drew Adams
2005-10-16 14:40 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-10-15 11:54 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-10-15 14:35 ` Drew Adams
2005-10-16 13:07 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-10-16 14:40 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-10-15 18:00 ` John S. Yates, Jr.
2005-10-16 13:12 ` Stefan Monnier
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