From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Global keymaps Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:00:10 -0400 Message-ID: References: <4853F884.7000609@gmail.com> <4854E536.8040407@gmail.com> <87k5gql900.fsf@jurta.org> <87hcbt59s6.fsf@jurta.org> <87y74ubfnc.fsf@jurta.org> <87fxr1fe7d.fsf@jurta.org> <87ej6l5ffi.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87bq1mxyem.fsf@jurta.org> <87prq2z9lo.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87tzfd5wdh.fsf@jurta.org> <87r6agjnc8.fsf@jurta.org> <8763rsf3cm.fsf@jurta.org> <87od5karq0.fsf@jurta.org> <4867FD80.4040205@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1214787643 4829 80.91.229.12 (30 Jun 2008 01:00:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:00:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juri Linkov , Miles Bader , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 30 03:01:28 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KD7ln-0004ab-Tu for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:01:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46467 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KD7kw-0005cP-Io for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:00:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KD7kr-0005cK-Q1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:00:29 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KD7kp-0005c8-DG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:00:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42455 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KD7kp-0005c5-8X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:00:27 -0400 Original-Received: from 69-196-135-70.dsl.teksavvy.com ([69.196.135.70]:41113 helo=ceviche.home) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KD7kl-000660-4Q; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:00:23 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id D5D23B4028; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:00:10 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <4867FD80.4040205@gmail.com> (Lennart Borgman's message of "Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:24:16 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:100177 Archived-At: >>>> Please review the following patch. It creates a new keymap >>> It looks OK, tho I wonder why you introduce all those >>> foo-map-prefix thingies. I know such things are already used elsehwere, >>> but they've never made much sense to me. >> >> I took them from ctl-x-4-prefix, ctl-x-5-prefix and other similar maps >> and don't know what they are good for. So I could install the patch >> without them. Then please install it without them. > I think names like ctl-x-4-prefix could make sense for a user trying to add > new key bindings. The issue is not the name, but the fact of providing the keymap both as variables and as functions. Stefan