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Re: Enhancements to "minor-mode-map-alist" functionality.
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Kim F. Storm |
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Re: Enhancements to "minor-mode-map-alist" functionality. |
Date: |
16 Apr 2002 01:55:20 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2.50 |
Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
> > I am surprised that the present facilities can't be used more easily.
> > Could you explain WHY you think this is necessary? Perhaps there
> > is already a better way.
>
> I'm pretty confiden that there isn't a _better_ way already.
>
> Would you please explain to me why not?
> Before I agree that we need a new feature,
> I want to make sure we have not overlooked an
> existing good solution. Please show the reasons
> why (you believe) these 7 keymaps are the only way.
They are not the only way!
In the CUA mode I've been promoting for the last few years I use
(only) three keymaps, a pretty complicated pre-command-hook to select
the proper keymap (to emulate the equivalent to the new command
remapping feature!), and a very ugly/messy piece of code bound to C-c
and C-x in the key-translation-map.
In addition, most functions are pretty overloaded with conditionals
to select the "proper action" for the current state.
With the new code I've written to use the new command remapping, and
the 7 keymaps, the code is _much_ simpler, as all the conditional code
is now moved out of the functions and centralized around selecting the
proper keymaps based on the current state.
I know for sure that using 7 keymaps is a vast improvement to the
old code which has been increasingly complex to maintain, so I definitely
didn't want to include that code with the emacs base.
>
> E.g. for cua, I need to ensure that those 7 keymaps are in the front
> of minor-mode-map-alist after every command,
>
> The first question is why you need 7 keymaps at all. Why isn't one
> enough? Why can't one key binding for a given key sequence handle all
> the various different circumstances, through conditionals in the code?
I did that to some extent in the old version of CUA. I don't want
to repeat that mistake (in this context), as it contributed significantly
to the complexity of the old code.
--
Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk
Re: Enhancements to "minor-mode-map-alist" functionality., Richard Stallman, 2002/04/13