From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 43617@debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>,
dalanicolai@gmail.com
Subject: bug#43617: 27.1; Define-minor-mode keybindings not get precedence over global keymap
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2020 09:04:47 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c1845fe9-d047-462e-9798-c19eb7dab585@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87h7rk1rkt.fsf@igel.home>
> > The cons ((kbd "C-n") . 'foo) is exactly such a
> > (KEY . BINDING) pair - both KEY and BINDING are
> > suitable arguments for `define-key'.
>
> Is it?
>
> ELISP> (define-key global-map '(kbd "C-n") ''foo)
> *** Eval error *** Wrong type argument: arrayp, (kbd "C-n")
I get your point. I guess maybe there are two ways
to read the doc string.
The most _useful_ behavior for users, IMO, is for
`define-minor-mode' to allow expressions in arg
KEYMAP (when it's such a list) that correspond to
what a user writes in `(define-key ...)'.
Is that particular list form of KEYMAP intended
mostly for programmatically supplying such a list,
or for users to write such a list?
If the former, why is it needed/helpful at all,
since code can just as easily create a keymap arg.
If the latter, it gives users an easy way to write
key bindings directly for `define-minor-mode'.
I hadn't even paid attention to the existence of
such a form for the KEYMAP arg. But it looks like
it could be handy for users to write - IF the sexp
to write is simple and straightforward.
If users instead need to use backquote syntax or
jump through other hoops to write such a KEYMAP
sexp, then what's the point - what's the use case?
Maybe there _is_ a programmatic use case. If so,
what is it?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-09-26 16:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-09-25 18:10 bug#43617: 27.1; Define-minor-mode keybindings not get precedence over global keymap dalanicolai
2020-09-26 14:04 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-26 14:09 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-26 15:25 ` Drew Adams
2020-09-26 15:32 ` Andreas Schwab
2020-09-26 16:04 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2020-09-27 11:00 ` dalanicolai
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