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bug#74903: [PATCH] Add function to show table of keys when describing ke


From: Juri Linkov
Subject: bug#74903: [PATCH] Add function to show table of keys when describing keymap variable
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 09:59:57 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/31.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)

>     Mekeor> 1. Allow users to opt-in to have C-h v foo-keymap RET show a 
> table of
>     Mekeor> key bindings in addition to the formatting as S-expression. This 
> fits
>     Mekeor> well into the existing help-fns mechanism. The patch I submitted
>     Mekeor> implements a prototype.
>
> Again, I donʼt see a need for it. A user trying to figure out
> keybindings is not going to be inspecting keymap variables, and
> `describe-bindings' or `describe-mode' tells them what they need to
> know. A developer writing code presumably knows about keymaps, and
> doesnʼt need a different visual representation of them to get stuff
> done.

It would be nice if users will be able first to see keymap tables
in the output of `describe-repeat-maps', then click on a map
variable, and see the same keymap table individually.





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