Re: Parent of a derived mode's keymap.

[Lute Kamstra]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>> Currently, the parent of a derived mode's keymap is set by the mode
>> function.  This means that if the docstring of a derived mode shows
>> the keybindings of its keymap, the bindings of the parent keymap are
>> not shown until the mode function is first called.  Why not set the
>> parent keymap at top-level, right after the defvar of the keymap
>> variable?
>
> - it may not yet be loaded (that's a pretty common occurrence).

Ah, yes.  Should have thought of that.

> - the parent mode may not use the standard <foo>-mode-map name for
>   its keymap.
> - IIRC there was one more reason, but I can't think of it right now.

Thanks,

  Lute.